Question 1

Which is true of the Colosseum?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was covered with a huge barrel vault. 
B)  It was covered with a huge dome. 
C)  It used primarily post-and-lintel construction. 
D)  It had decorative engaged columns and pilasters on its facade. 
A)  It was covered with a huge barrel vault. 
B)  It was covered with a huge dome. 
C)  It used primarily post-and-lintel construction. 
D)  It had decorative engaged columns and pilasters on its facade.

Question 2

Roman architecture is found in Rome and in the areas of the Roman provinces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is the term for the round extension at the end of the Roman basilica hall?

Accepted Answer

A)  Apse 
B)  Atrium 
C)  Cella 
D)  Narthex 
A)  Apse 
B)  Atrium 
C)  Cella 
D)  Narthex

Question 4

What structures were used in Roman civilization for the transport of water over long distances?

Accepted Answer

A)  aqueducts 
B)  basilicas 
C)  oculi 
D)  excedrae 
A)  aqueducts 
B)  basilicas 
C)  oculi 
D)  excedrae

Question 5

Which civilization first made widespread use of concrete as a building material?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early Christian 
B)  Greek 
C)  Egyptian 
D)  Roman 
A)  Early Christian 
B)  Greek 
C)  Egyptian 
D)  Roman

Question 6

Which is true of the Pantheon?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a form of basilica. 
B)  It supported a dome with pendentives. 
C)  It had an apse on each end. 
D)  It had a dome atop a drum. 
A)  It was a form of basilica. 
B)  It supported a dome with pendentives. 
C)  It had an apse on each end. 
D)  It had a dome atop a drum.

Question 7

What does the Column of Trajan illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emperor Trajan's life story, from birth until death 
B)  Emperor Trajan's military career, from his early political career until his death 
C)  The Roman military campaigns against the Dacians 
D)  The Roman victory in the Olympic games against the Greeks 
A)  Emperor Trajan's life story, from birth until death 
B)  Emperor Trajan's military career, from his early political career until his death 
C)  The Roman military campaigns against the Dacians 
D)  The Roman victory in the Olympic games against the Greeks

Question 8

How did the Greeks and Etruscans influence Roman architecture?

Accepted Answer

The Greeks and Etruscans had a significa

Which is true of the Colosseum?

Roman architecture is found in Rome and in the areas of the Roman provinces.

What is the term for the round extension at the end of the Roman basilica hall?

What structures were used in Roman civilization for the transport of water over long distances?

Which civilization first made widespread use of concrete as a building material?

Which is true of the Pantheon?

What does the Column of Trajan illustrate?

How did the Greeks and Etruscans influence Roman architecture?

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Exam 7: Roman Art

Which is true of the Colosseum?

Roman architecture is found in Rome and in the areas of the Roman provinces.

What is the term for the round extension at the end of the Roman basilica hall?

What structures were used in Roman civilization for the transport of water over long distances?

Which civilization first made widespread use of concrete as a building material?

Which is true of the Pantheon?

What does the Column of Trajan illustrate?

How did the Greeks and Etruscans influence Roman architecture?

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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