Question 1

What art historical term best describes the Chimera of Arezzo ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heraldic creature 
B)  Composite creature 
C)  Gorgoneion 
D)  Colossal creature 
A)  Heraldic creature 
B)  Composite creature 
C)  Gorgoneion 
D)  Colossal creature B

Question 2

What aspect of the bronze statue of Aule Metele is Etruscan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Short toga 
B)  Raised arm 
C)  High boots 
D)  Inscribed name 
A)  Short toga 
B)  Raised arm 
C)  High boots 
D)  Inscribed name D

Question 3

The independent spirit and relative freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women was shocking to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egyptian scribes 
B)  Etruscan male authors 
C)  Greco-Roman male authors 
D)  The Roman pantheon 
A)  Egyptian scribes 
B)  Etruscan male authors 
C)  Greco-Roman male authors 
D)  The Roman pantheon C

Question 4

Etruscan artisans were particularly skillful in which art form?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marble sculpture 
B)  Intarsia 
C)  Metalworking 
D)  Weaving 
A)  Marble sculpture 
B)  Intarsia 
C)  Metalworking 
D)  Weaving

Question 5

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What is the name of the Etruscan tomb from Cerveteri?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tomb of the Leopards 
B)  Tomb of Hunting and Fishing 
C)  Tomb of the Shields and Chairs 
D)  Tomb of the Reliefs 
A)  Tomb of the Leopards 
B)  Tomb of Hunting and Fishing 
C)  Tomb of the Shields and Chairs 
D)  Tomb of the Reliefs

Question 6

What is the decoration of the Tomb of the Reliefs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliefs showing portraits of the ancestors 
B)  Painted friezes of dancing people 
C)  Reliefs showing everyday household items 
D)  Landscape scenes carved along the walls 
A)  Reliefs showing portraits of the ancestors 
B)  Painted friezes of dancing people 
C)  Reliefs showing everyday household items 
D)  Landscape scenes carved along the walls

Question 7

Which of the following mythical scenes decorated the Ficoroni Cista ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medusa and Perseus 
B)  Lapiths and centaurs 
C)  The gods versus the giants 
D)  The Argonauts 
A)  Medusa and Perseus 
B)  Lapiths and centaurs 
C)  The gods versus the giants 
D)  The Argonauts

Question 8

Which city was the production center for the bronze cista industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rome 
B)  Palestrina 
C)  Tarquinia 
D)  Veii 
A)  Rome 
B)  Palestrina 
C)  Tarquinia 
D)  Veii

Question 9

What was the most common means of disposing of the dead in early Italy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burial at sea 
B)  Ossuaries 
C)  Cremation 
D)  Interment 
A)  Burial at sea 
B)  Ossuaries 
C)  Cremation 
D)  Interment

Question 10

Which of the following works of art illustrates how Romanized the Etruscans had become by the first century BCE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sarcophagus with reclining couple 
B)  Aule Metele 
C)  Apollo of Veii 
D)  Chimera of Arezzo 
A)  Sarcophagus with reclining couple 
B)  Aule Metele 
C)  Apollo of Veii 
D)  Chimera of Arezzo

Question 11

Apulu ( Apollo of Veii ) is made of which of the following materials?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bronze 
B)  Marble 
C)  Terracotta 
D)  Wood 
A)  Bronze 
B)  Marble 
C)  Terracotta 
D)  Wood

Question 12

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What is the name of this bronze statue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cerberus of Veii 
B)  Chimera of Arezzo 
C)  Capitoline Wolf 
D)  Chimera of Caere 
A)  Cerberus of Veii 
B)  Chimera of Arezzo 
C)  Capitoline Wolf 
D)  Chimera of Caere

Question 13

In Etruscan iconography, which of the following symbolized regeneration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wine 
B)  Bird 
C)  Bee 
D)  Egg 
A)  Wine 
B)  Bird 
C)  Bee 
D)  Egg

Question 14

In what century did Etruria become fully absorbed by Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Second century CE 
B)  First century BCE 
C)  Fifth century BCE 
D)  Third century CE 
A)  Second century CE 
B)  First century BCE 
C)  Fifth century BCE 
D)  Third century CE

Question 15

The Etruscans preferred to use which of the following materials for their sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marble 
B)  Terracotta 
C)  Gold 
D)  Granite 
A)  Marble 
B)  Terracotta 
C)  Gold 
D)  Granite

Question 16

At which Etruscan city site have archaeologists been able to work with periscopes to identify tombs with painted murals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cerveteri 
B)  Arezzo 
C)  Tarquinia 
D)  Perugia 
A)  Cerveteri 
B)  Arezzo 
C)  Tarquinia 
D)  Perugia

Question 17

The wall painting in the Tomb of the Leopards portrays which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hunting scene 
B)  Banqueting scene 
C)  Funeral procession 
D)  Birds and waterfowl 
A)  Hunting scene 
B)  Banqueting scene 
C)  Funeral procession 
D)  Birds and waterfowl

Question 18

The theme celebrated in both the Tomb of the Leopards and the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sorrow of death 
B)  Victory in battle 
C)  The joy of life 
D)  Yearning for death 
A)  The sorrow of death 
B)  Victory in battle 
C)  The joy of life 
D)  Yearning for death

Question 19

Most architectural sculpture was made to decorate what part of the Etruscan temple?

Accepted Answer

A)  The pediment 
B)  The entryway 
C)  The colonnades 
D)  The roof 
A)  The pediment 
B)  The entryway 
C)  The colonnades 
D)  The roof

Question 20

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To which period of Etruscan art does this sarcophagus belong?

Accepted Answer

A)  Villanovan 
B)  Hellenistic 
C)  Archaic 
D)  Orientalizing 
A)  Villanovan 
B)  Hellenistic 
C)  Archaic 
D)  Orientalizing

Exam 6: The Etruscans

What art historical term best describes the Chimera of Arezzo ?

What aspect of the bronze statue of Aule Metele is Etruscan?

The independent spirit and relative freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women was shocking to which of the following?

Etruscan artisans were particularly skillful in which art form?

​ What is the name of the Etruscan tomb from Cerveteri?

What is the decoration of the Tomb of the Reliefs?

Which of the following mythical scenes decorated the Ficoroni Cista ?

Which city was the production center for the bronze cista industry?

What was the most common means of disposing of the dead in early Italy?

Which of the following works of art illustrates how Romanized the Etruscans had become by the first century BCE?

Apulu ( Apollo of Veii ) is made of which of the following materials?

​ What is the name of this bronze statue?

In Etruscan iconography, which of the following symbolized regeneration?

In what century did Etruria become fully absorbed by Rome?

The Etruscans preferred to use which of the following materials for their sculpture?

At which Etruscan city site have archaeologists been able to work with periscopes to identify tombs with painted murals?

The wall painting in the Tomb of the Leopards portrays which of the following?

The theme celebrated in both the Tomb of the Leopards and the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing is which of the following?

Most architectural sculpture was made to decorate what part of the Etruscan temple?

​ To which period of Etruscan art does this sarcophagus belong?

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