Question 1

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What is the primary support structure here?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dome 
B)  Barrel vault 
C)  Groin vault 
D)  Round arch 
A)  Dome 
B)  Barrel vault 
C)  Groin vault 
D)  Round arch

Question 2

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What is unusual in this portrait of a Roman emperor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marble 
B)  Deep cut curls 
C)  Shape of mouth 
D)  Beard 
A)  Marble 
B)  Deep cut curls 
C)  Shape of mouth 
D)  Beard

Question 3

Which structural material made it possible for the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to create such a colossal structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marble 
B)  Concrete 
C)  Metal armatures 
D)  Mud-brick 
A)  Marble 
B)  Concrete 
C)  Metal armatures 
D)  Mud-brick

Question 4

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Who is depicted in this equestrian portrait?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trajan 
B)  Constantine 
C)  Marcus Aurelius 
D)  Antoninus Pius 
A)  Trajan 
B)  Constantine 
C)  Marcus Aurelius 
D)  Antoninus Pius

Question 5

Which of the following statements best characterizes the narrative scenes on the Column of Trajan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trajan rarely appears among his soldiers. 
B)  Dacians are shown to have few military skills. 
C)  The story is idealized and mythologized. 
D)  Battle scenes take up a quarter of the whole. 
A)  Trajan rarely appears among his soldiers. 
B)  Dacians are shown to have few military skills. 
C)  The story is idealized and mythologized. 
D)  Battle scenes take up a quarter of the whole.

Question 6

Which of the following was the first to break with tradition and use his portrait on Roman coinage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Caesar Augustus 
B)  Julius Caesar 
C)  Tarquinius Superbus 
D)  Mark Antony 
A)  Caesar Augustus 
B)  Julius Caesar 
C)  Tarquinius Superbus 
D)  Mark Antony

Question 7

The majority of Roman panel portraits in the encaustic technique come from which country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rome 
B)  Egypt 
C)  England 
D)  Greece 
A)  Rome 
B)  Egypt 
C)  England 
D)  Greece

Question 8

Which aspect of the Temple of Vesta is NOT an Etruscan contribution?

Accepted Answer

A)  High podium 
B)  Axial alignment 
C)  Use of columns 
D)  Circular plan 
A)  High podium 
B)  Axial alignment 
C)  Use of columns 
D)  Circular plan

Question 9

The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Colosseum 
B)  The Ara Pacis 
C)  A large harbor 
D)  A narrative relief column 
A)  The Colosseum 
B)  The Ara Pacis 
C)  A large harbor 
D)  A narrative relief column

Question 10

The Ara Pacis Augustae highlights Augustus's ancestral connection to which figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julius Caesar 
B)  Tarquinias Superbus 
C)  Aeneas 
D)  Pericles 
A)  Julius Caesar 
B)  Tarquinias Superbus 
C)  Aeneas 
D)  Pericles

Exam 7: The Roman Empire

​ What is the primary support structure here?

​ What is unusual in this portrait of a Roman emperor?

Which structural material made it possible for the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to create such a colossal structure?

​ Who is depicted in this equestrian portrait?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the narrative scenes on the Column of Trajan?

Which of the following was the first to break with tradition and use his portrait on Roman coinage?

The majority of Roman panel portraits in the encaustic technique come from which country?

Which aspect of the Temple of Vesta is NOT an Etruscan contribution?

The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?

The Ara Pacis Augustae highlights Augustus's ancestral connection to which figure?

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