Question 1

Important Etruscan tombs were discovered at __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cerveteri 
B)  Paestum 
C)  Rome 
D)  Athens 
A)  Cerveteri 
B)  Paestum 
C)  Rome 
D)  Athens A

Question 2

Architectural sculpture decorated the _______ of the Etruscan temple?

Accepted Answer

A)  interior 
B)  roof 
C)  pediment 
D)  sides 
A)  interior 
B)  roof 
C)  pediment 
D)  sides B

Question 3

Which of the following do not match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hera and Herakles 
B)  Uni and Hera 
C)  Aplu and Apollo 
D)  Nethuns and Neptune 
A)  Hera and Herakles 
B)  Uni and Hera 
C)  Aplu and Apollo 
D)  Nethuns and Neptune A

Question 4

The Etruscans used a ________-style column.

Accepted Answer

A)  Doric 
B)  Ionic 
C)  Corinthian 
D)  Bull-capital 
A)  Doric 
B)  Ionic 
C)  Corinthian 
D)  Bull-capital

Question 5

A necropolis is a

Accepted Answer

A)  someone who likes dead people 
B)  an underground city 
C)  a city beneath the sea 
D)  a city of the dead 
A)  someone who likes dead people 
B)  an underground city 
C)  a city beneath the sea 
D)  a city of the dead

Question 6

Which of the following make the best pair?

Accepted Answer

A)  tombs and temples 
B)  mirrors and media 
C)  urns and sarcophagi 
D)  frescoes and finials 
A)  tombs and temples 
B)  mirrors and media 
C)  urns and sarcophagi 
D)  frescoes and finials

Question 7

The Etruscans used _______ for sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)  bronze 
B)  gold 
C)  terracotta 
D)  bronze and terracotta 
A)  bronze 
B)  gold 
C)  terracotta 
D)  bronze and terracotta

Question 8

A popular Etruscan building material was

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete 
B)  tufa 
C)  travertine 
D)  terracotta 
A)  concrete 
B)  tufa 
C)  travertine 
D)  terracotta

Question 9

The Etruscan script was derived from

Accepted Answer

A)  Anatolian 
B)  Latin 
C)  Phoenician 
D)  Egyptian 
E)  Linear B 
A)  Anatolian 
B)  Latin 
C)  Phoenician 
D)  Egyptian 
E)  Linear B

Question 10

The term "Etruscan" is

Accepted Answer

A)  Lydian 
B)  Roman 
C)  Greek 
D)  Tyrrhenian 
A)  Lydian 
B)  Roman 
C)  Greek 
D)  Tyrrhenian

Question 11

Etruscan metalwork is seen in

Accepted Answer

A)  lost-wax sculpture 
B)  jewelry 
C)  everyday objects 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  lost-wax sculpture 
B)  jewelry 
C)  everyday objects 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 12

The arch was invented in

Accepted Answer

A)  Etruria 
B)  Mesopotamia 
C)  Greece 
D)  Rome 
E)  Egypt 
A)  Etruria 
B)  Mesopotamia 
C)  Greece 
D)  Rome 
E)  Egypt

Question 13

Etruria was located in what today is

Accepted Answer

A)  west-central Italy 
B)  southern Italy 
C)  northern Italy 
D)  southwestern Italy 
E)  Sicily 
A)  west-central Italy 
B)  southern Italy 
C)  northern Italy 
D)  southwestern Italy 
E)  Sicily

Question 14

The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  exterior decoration 
B)  a columned porch 
C)  a pitched roof 
D)  a podium reached by climbing many steps 
A)  exterior decoration 
B)  a columned porch 
C)  a pitched roof 
D)  a podium reached by climbing many steps

Question 15

Etruscan art is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  lively 
B)  functional 
C)  rigid frontality and symmetry 
D)  geometric 
A)  lively 
B)  functional 
C)  rigid frontality and symmetry 
D)  geometric

Question 16

The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show

Accepted Answer

A)  events from everyday life 
B)  banqueters and dancers 
C)  battle scenes 
D)  scenes of female admiration of male heroism 
A)  events from everyday life 
B)  banqueters and dancers 
C)  battle scenes 
D)  scenes of female admiration of male heroism

Question 17

Terracotta sarcophagi showing life-sized reclining figures are most typical of the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  republican Romans 
B)  Etruscans 
C)  Greeks 
D)  Sumerians 
A)  republican Romans 
B)  Etruscans 
C)  Greeks 
D)  Sumerians

Question 18

The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made by

Accepted Answer

A)  the lost-wax method 
B)  baking terracotta in a kiln 
C)  carving stone 
D)  modeling clay 
A)  the lost-wax method 
B)  baking terracotta in a kiln 
C)  carving stone 
D)  modeling clay

Question 19

The Etruscans buried their dead in

Accepted Answer

A)  citadels 
B)  pyramids 
C)  above-ground graves 
D)  tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead" 
A)  citadels 
B)  pyramids 
C)  above-ground graves 
D)  tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead"

Question 20

Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as

Accepted Answer

A)  pyramids 
B)  houses 
C)  urns 
D)  underground temples 
A)  pyramids 
B)  houses 
C)  urns 
D)  underground temples

Exam 6: The Art of the Etruscans

Important Etruscan tombs were discovered at __________.

Architectural sculpture decorated the _______ of the Etruscan temple?

Which of the following do not match?

The Etruscans used a ________-style column.

A necropolis is a

Which of the following make the best pair?

The Etruscans used _______ for sculpture?

A popular Etruscan building material was

The Etruscan script was derived from

The term "Etruscan" is

Etruscan metalwork is seen in

The arch was invented in

Etruria was located in what today is

The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had __________.

Etruscan art is __________.

The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show

Terracotta sarcophagi showing life-sized reclining figures are most typical of the __________.

The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made by

The Etruscans buried their dead in

Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as

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