Question 1

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What is the subject depicted by the Bawana mask used in their Ci Wara ritual?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plow 
B)  Elephant 
C)  Grasshopper 
D)  Antelope 
A)  Plow 
B)  Elephant 
C)  Grasshopper 
D)  Antelope D

Question 2

According to traditional African gender roles in the arts, which of the following would be produced by a woman?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivory carving 
B)  Iron figure 
C)  Decorated gourd 
D)  Clay shrine 
A)  Ivory carving 
B)  Iron figure 
C)  Decorated gourd 
D)  Clay shrine C

Question 3

Which of the following represents the most widely recognized emblem of kingship in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mask 
B)  Scepter 
C)  Throne 
D)  Screen 
A)  Mask 
B)  Scepter 
C)  Throne 
D)  Screen C

Question 4

Which African figural type is thought to have been inspired by Christian Madonna-and-Child imagery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Igbo mbari 
B)  Chokwe Chibinda 
C)  Dan spoons 
D)  Yombe pfemba 
A)  Igbo mbari 
B)  Chokwe Chibinda 
C)  Dan spoons 
D)  Yombe pfemba

Question 5

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The large size of this Kongo power figure indicates that its exceptional protective abilities were meant to assist whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deceased ancestors 
B)  Entire community 
C)  Current group leader 
D)  Royal lineage 
A)  Deceased ancestors 
B)  Entire community 
C)  Current group leader 
D)  Royal lineage

Question 6

Which is NOT an accurate description of the symbolism of the neck ridges on Mende female masks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sign of beauty 
B)  Sign of athleticism 
C)  Sign of good health 
D)  Sign of prosperity 
A)  Sign of beauty 
B)  Sign of athleticism 
C)  Sign of good health 
D)  Sign of prosperity

Question 7

What information can art historians glean from the linked male-and-female couple figure made by the Dogon people of Mali?

Accepted Answer

A)  Meaning of such abstracted figures 
B)  Date of manufacture and name of artist 
C)  Gender roles in traditional African society 
D)  Details of Dogon creation myth 
A)  Meaning of such abstracted figures 
B)  Date of manufacture and name of artist 
C)  Gender roles in traditional African society 
D)  Details of Dogon creation myth

Question 8

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On this Kuba mask of the character Ngady Amwaash, what is represented by the stripes beneath the eyes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scarification signifying status 
B)  Tears of pain from childbirth 
C)  Painted blood from symbolic blinding 
D)  Colors of the character's lineage 
A)  Scarification signifying status 
B)  Tears of pain from childbirth 
C)  Painted blood from symbolic blinding 
D)  Colors of the character's lineage

Question 9

Which aspect of Mende masks is meant to evoke the ancestral female spirits?

Accepted Answer

A)  The dove forms 
B)  The glistening black surfaces 
C)  The wide-open eyes 
D)  The cowrie-shell headdresses 
A)  The dove forms 
B)  The glistening black surfaces 
C)  The wide-open eyes 
D)  The cowrie-shell headdresses

Question 10

What rite of passage is enacted by Senufo mask dancers at funerals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Invoke the presence of the deceased 
B)  Settle the deceased in the village 
C)  Incarnate welcoming ancestors 
D)  Expel the deceased from the village 
A)  Invoke the presence of the deceased 
B)  Settle the deceased in the village 
C)  Incarnate welcoming ancestors 
D)  Expel the deceased from the village

Question 11

What are waka sran ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masks of the dead ancestors, Baule 
B)  People of wood, Baule 
C)  First ancestors, Dogon 
D)  Female spirits, Mende 
A)  Masks of the dead ancestors, Baule 
B)  People of wood, Baule 
C)  First ancestors, Dogon 
D)  Female spirits, Mende

Question 12

The 20-year-long Poro initiation process of the Senufo people is presided over by which figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pfemba 
B)  Chibinda 
C)  Ancient Mother 
D)  Akua'ba 
A)  Pfemba 
B)  Chibinda 
C)  Ancient Mother 
D)  Akua'ba

Question 13

Which component of the royal ancestral shrine of the Benin represents both the kings and the enduring nature of kingship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elephant-tusk carvings 
B)  Copper-alloy bells 
C)  Carved wood rattle-staffs 
D)  Copper-alloy heads 
A)  Elephant-tusk carvings 
B)  Copper-alloy bells 
C)  Carved wood rattle-staffs 
D)  Copper-alloy heads

Question 14

What is the name of the earliest-known African artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Osei Bonsu 
B)  Olowe of Ise 
C)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
D)  Kot a-Mbweeky 
A)  Osei Bonsu 
B)  Olowe of Ise 
C)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
D)  Kot a-Mbweeky

Question 15

Among the Samburu of northern Kenya, lavish personal adornment-hairstyles, beaded headbands and jewelry, body paint, and decorated collars-contains what information about the individual?

Accepted Answer

A)  Age and initiation status 
B)  Marital status and royal lineage 
C)  Education level and gender 
D)  Age, marital and initiation status, royal lineage 
A)  Age and initiation status 
B)  Marital status and royal lineage 
C)  Education level and gender 
D)  Age, marital and initiation status, royal lineage

Question 16

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe how masks and maskers were perceived in African society before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masks sometimes became so influential that they had their own priests. 
B)  Masks were not allowed to serve as power sources or as oracles. 
C)  Maskers boasted extensive regulatory and judicial powers. 
D)  Maskers enact a broad range of human, animal, and fantastic otherworldly behavior. 
A)  Masks sometimes became so influential that they had their own priests. 
B)  Masks were not allowed to serve as power sources or as oracles. 
C)  Maskers boasted extensive regulatory and judicial powers. 
D)  Maskers enact a broad range of human, animal, and fantastic otherworldly behavior.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about African figurative sculpture is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It can stand in place of a person who has died. 
B)  It is not concerned with realistic representation. 
C)  It is a mediator between ancestors and the living. 
D)  It can reflect knowledge, experience, and identity. 
A)  It can stand in place of a person who has died. 
B)  It is not concerned with realistic representation. 
C)  It is a mediator between ancestors and the living. 
D)  It can reflect knowledge, experience, and identity.

Question 18

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Dan ceremonial spoons are a reflection of which aspect of their daily life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salt collection 
B)  Woodcarving 
C)  Rice harvest 
D)  Cloth dyeing 
A)  Salt collection 
B)  Woodcarving 
C)  Rice harvest 
D)  Cloth dyeing

Question 19

The shrine of Eweka II highlights what aspect of Benin ancestral worship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Importance of matrilineal lineage 
B)  Material advantages of trade 
C)  Respect for superior hunters 
D)  Central focus on royalty 
A)  Importance of matrilineal lineage 
B)  Material advantages of trade 
C)  Respect for superior hunters 
D)  Central focus on royalty

Question 20

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Why do sheets of polished copper and brass cover the wooden mbulu ngulu figures made by the Kota?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indicate wealth of the deceased 
B)  Provide surface for written stories 
C)  Repel evil via the shine of the metal 
D)  Protect the statue from deterioration 
A)  Indicate wealth of the deceased 
B)  Provide surface for written stories 
C)  Repel evil via the shine of the metal 
D)  Protect the statue from deterioration

Exam 38: Africa, 1800 to 1980

​ What is the subject depicted by the Bawana mask used in their Ci Wara ritual?

According to traditional African gender roles in the arts, which of the following would be produced by a woman?

Which of the following represents the most widely recognized emblem of kingship in Africa?

Which African figural type is thought to have been inspired by Christian Madonna-and-Child imagery?

​ The large size of this Kongo power figure indicates that its exceptional protective abilities were meant to assist whom?

Which is NOT an accurate description of the symbolism of the neck ridges on Mende female masks?

What information can art historians glean from the linked male-and-female couple figure made by the Dogon people of Mali?

​ On this Kuba mask of the character Ngady Amwaash, what is represented by the stripes beneath the eyes?

Which aspect of Mende masks is meant to evoke the ancestral female spirits?

What rite of passage is enacted by Senufo mask dancers at funerals?

What are waka sran ?

The 20-year-long Poro initiation process of the Senufo people is presided over by which figure?

Which component of the royal ancestral shrine of the Benin represents both the kings and the enduring nature of kingship?

What is the name of the earliest-known African artist?

Among the Samburu of northern Kenya, lavish personal adornment-hairstyles, beaded headbands and jewelry, body paint, and decorated collars-contains what information about the individual?

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe how masks and maskers were perceived in African society before the Europeans arrived?

Which of the following statements about African figurative sculpture is NOT true?

​ Dan ceremonial spoons are a reflection of which aspect of their daily life?

The shrine of Eweka II highlights what aspect of Benin ancestral worship?

​ Why do sheets of polished copper and brass cover the wooden mbulu ngulu figures made by the Kota?

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What is the subject depicted by the Bawana mask used in their Ci Wara ritual?

The large size of this Kongo power figure indicates that its exceptional protective abilities were meant to assist whom?

On this Kuba mask of the character Ngady Amwaash, what is represented by the stripes beneath the eyes?

Dan ceremonial spoons are a reflection of which aspect of their daily life?

Why do sheets of polished copper and brass cover the wooden mbulu ngulu figures made by the Kota?