Human 030 - The Beginnings of Civilization » Fall 2019 » Test 3

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Question #1
Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe wrote  “one of the most revealing images of the status of women in Minoan society is the famous "Toreador fresco" in which young women, shown with the conventional white skin, and darker-skinned men, engage in the dangerous sport that appears to involve somersaulting over the back __________.” The back of what?
A.   horses
B.   lions
C.   a charging bull
D.   dogs
Question #2
A portion of The Republic includes The Allegory of the Cave.  Who wrote The Republic?
A.   Plato
B.   Aristotle
C.   Sophocles
D.   Augustus
Question #3
According to Fiero, with what were the Spohists cocnerned?
A.   forming a society that beleived in only one god
B.   developing theories of the solar system
C.   judging sculpture
D.   defining the limits of human knowledge
Question #4
During the 5th century b.c.e. there were state-sponsored drama festivals.  The festivals were dedicated to a god.  Among many things, this was the god of wine, agriculture and the fertility of nature.  This god has close parallels to the Roman god Bacchus.  What is the name of this god?
A.   Dionysus
B.   Athena
C.   Apollo
D.   Tital
Question #5
Fiero calls this work, "the world's first treaties on literary criticism." What is the work and who wrote it?
A.   The work is A Look at Good and Evil and Socrates wrote it.
B.   The work is The Republic and Plato wrote
C.   The work is The Poetics and Aristotle write it.
D.   The work is Poetry: Line by Line and Sappho wrote it.
Question #6
In architecture, what is a frieze?
A.   a type of canopy
B.   the square panel between the beam ends under the roof of a structure
C.   a sculptured or ornamental band
D.   a doorway
Question #7
In The Republic, he engages in conversations.  In The Clouds, a drama, he appears as a character.  He didn't write these works.  Fiero says of him, "he preferred to roam the streets of Athens and engage his fellow citizens in conversation and debate."  He, Fiero says, felt "that the unexamined life is not worth living."  Who is he?
A.   Socrates
B.   Sophocles
C.   Aristotle
D.   Aristophranes
Question #8
Lydian mode is:
A.   a musical term
B.   an architectural term
C.   a sculpture technique
D.   a poetry/literary term
Question #9
Oedipus is often considered the best-known character in Ancient Greek drama.  In Greek drama, who is Antigone to Oedipus?
A.   his daughter
B.   only his mother
C.   his wife and mother
D.   only his wife
Question #10
The Parthenon was built under the leadership of this Athenian statesman and orator.  Who was this person?
A.   Alexander the Great
B.   Augustus
C.   Pericles
D.   Julius Caesar
Question #11
The Winged Victory at Samothrace -- also called Nike of Samothrace -- is a, WHAT?
A.   Hellenistic sculpture
B.   A document ending a war
C.   The first marble sculpture known to exist
D.   Sculpture found in King Tut's tomb
Question #12
What does Fiero say is "central to all the arts of classical Greece"?
A.   "literacy"
B.   "the human body and human experience"
C.   "meditation"
D.   "deep religious beliefs"
Question #13
What is a krater?
A.   a vessel used for mixing wine and water
B.   the foundation on which most buiding from Ancient Greece were built
C.   a carving tool
D.   a kind of brick
Question #14
What is post and lintel?
A.   a pottery term
B.   a method for creating sculptures in human
C.   an ancient Olympic sport
D.   an architecture term
Question #15
Who is most often credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
A.   Virgil
B.   Sophocles
C.   Horace
D.   Homer
Question #16
Who is not known as a playwright?
A.   Sophocles
B.   Aristophanes
C.   Socrates
D.   Eurpides
Question #17
Who was queen of the gods and what is her Roman counterpart?
A.   She is Ares.  Her Roman counterpart is Diana.
B.   She is Artemis.  Her Roman counterpart is Aphrodite.
C.   She is Hera.  Her Roman counterpart is Juno.
D.   She is Hestia.  Her Roman counterpart is Vesta.
Question #18
According the psychology professor Marshall Duke, the source of the word "monster" derives from what word?
A.   warning
B.   night
C.   uncle
D.   covering
Question #19
Art history professor Boona Wescoast says that, on the whole Greek monsters don't so something that Polyphemos, the cyclopse from Homer's Odyssey, does?  What does Polyphemos do that is unusal when compared to many other Greek monsters?
A.   try to fly
B.   try to rescue soldiers in battle
C.   try to gobble people up
D.   try to dance
Question #20
Eli Hunt's theory on a lost Olympic sport centers on what item?
A.   foot restraints
B.   hand restraints
C.   a wheeled vehicle
D.   a blindfold
Question #21
How do Odysseus and his men escape the cyclopse monster, Polyphemos?
A.   They construct wings and fly away.
B.   They tie themselves underneath sheep.
C.   THey masquerade as guests at a wedding party.
D.   Athena turns them into lions, long enough for them to make their escape.
Question #22
How many years was Plato's academy open?
A.   nearly 100 years
B.   less than one year
C.   nearly 10 years
D.   nearly 1,000 years
Question #23
What is an hellanodikai?
A.   a vessel for holding oil
B.   an Olympic judge
C.   an island
D.   a courtesan
Question #24
What is areté?
A.   an eight line poem
B.   a cocept of virtue, excellence and goodness
C.   a musical instrument
D.   a kind of paint
Question #25
When he was  born his person's mother Thetis attempted to make him immortal by dipping him in the sacred waters of the river Styx.  Only she didn't dip one part.   Who is this person?   (This answer can be found at www.greek-gods.info.)
A.   Odysseus
B.   Agamemnon
C.   Paris
D.   Achilles

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