Question 1

Who wrote the Oresteia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aeschylus 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Euripides 
D)  Herodotos 
E)  Plato 
A)  Aeschylus 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Euripides 
D)  Herodotos 
E)  Plato A

Question 2

The Winged Victory was found in

Accepted Answer

A)  Sparta 
B)  Athens 
C)  Macedon 
D)  Samothrace 
E)  Rhodes 
A)  Sparta 
B)  Athens 
C)  Macedon 
D)  Samothrace 
E)  Rhodes D

Question 3

Which do not belong together?

Accepted Answer

A)  volute, shaft, base, flutes 
B)  abacus, volute, base, frieze 
C)  metope, triglyph, abacus, echinus 
D)  abacus, volute, echinus, metope 
E)  stylobate, drums, echinus, metope 
A)  volute, shaft, base, flutes 
B)  abacus, volute, base, frieze 
C)  metope, triglyph, abacus, echinus 
D)  abacus, volute, echinus, metope 
E)  stylobate, drums, echinus, metope D

Question 4

Which set is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Nike Temple (427 - 424 B.C.) 
B) Parthenon (439 - 419 B.C.) 
C) Erechtheum (421 - 405 B.C.) 
D) Propylaea (480 - 450 B.C.) 
A) Nike Temple (427 - 424 B.C.) 
B) Parthenon (439 - 419 B.C.) 
C) Erechtheum (421 - 405 B.C.) 
D) Propylaea (480 - 450 B.C.)

Question 5

Which was a Greek mathematician?

Accepted Answer

A)  Solon 
B)  Praxiteles 
C)  Pythagoras 
D)  Plato 
E)  Socrates 
A)  Solon 
B)  Praxiteles 
C)  Pythagoras 
D)  Plato 
E)  Socrates

Question 6

Which best describes Greek government during the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

A)  democracy 
B)  autocracy 
C)  tyranny 
D)  monarchy 
E)  aristocracy 
A)  democracy 
B)  autocracy 
C)  tyranny 
D)  monarchy 
E)  aristocracy

Question 7

An oracle was a

Accepted Answer

A)  temple 
B)  shrine 
C)  altar 
D)  priest 
E)  magician 
A)  temple 
B)  shrine 
C)  altar 
D)  priest 
E)  magician

Question 8

Who wrote the Republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homer 
B)  Plato 
C)  Socrates 
D)  Perikles 
E)  Herodotos 
A)  Homer 
B)  Plato 
C)  Socrates 
D)  Perikles 
E)  Herodotos

Question 9

Demosthenes was

Accepted Answer

A)  a tragedian 
B)  an orator 
C)  a historian 
D)  a poet 
E)  a sculptor 
A)  a tragedian 
B)  an orator 
C)  a historian 
D)  a poet 
E)  a sculptor

Question 10

Which is not part of the Parthenon plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  naos 
B)  treasury 
C)  pronaos 
D)  propylaea 
E)  peristyle 
A)  naos 
B)  treasury 
C)  pronaos 
D)  propylaea 
E)  peristyle

Question 11

Black-figure pottery is from the

Accepted Answer

A)  Geometric period 
B)  late Classical period 
C)  Archaic or early Classical 
D)  Hellenistic period 
A)  Geometric period 
B)  late Classical period 
C)  Archaic or early Classical 
D)  Hellenistic period

Question 12

Which of the following did not take part in the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Achilles 
B)  Ajax 
C)  Odysseus 
D)  Sophokles 
E)  Agamemnon 
A)  Achilles 
B)  Ajax 
C)  Odysseus 
D)  Sophokles 
E)  Agamemnon

Question 13

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homer wrote the Laws 
B)  Plato wrote the Iliad 
C)  Socrates wrote Dialogues 
D)  Demosthenes wrote speeches 
E)  Euripides wrote comedies 
A)  Homer wrote the Laws 
B)  Plato wrote the Iliad 
C)  Socrates wrote Dialogues 
D)  Demosthenes wrote speeches 
E)  Euripides wrote comedies

Question 14

"Classical" means

Accepted Answer

A)  old-fashioned and valuable 
B)  traditional and of high quality 
C)  out-of-date and trite 
D)  traditional and stylized 
E)  idealized and valuable 
A)  old-fashioned and valuable 
B)  traditional and of high quality 
C)  out-of-date and trite 
D)  traditional and stylized 
E)  idealized and valuable

Question 15

Which is not a pair?

Accepted Answer

A)  pediment - triangle 
B)  metope - trapezoid 
C)  triglyph - vertical 
D)  shaft - cylinder 
E)  architrave - rectangle 
A)  pediment - triangle 
B)  metope - trapezoid 
C)  triglyph - vertical 
D)  shaft - cylinder 
E)  architrave - rectangle

Question 16

"Know Thyself" was inscribed in stone at

Accepted Answer

A)  Athens 
B)  Olympia 
C)  Delphi 
D)  Delos 
E)  Eleusis 
A)  Athens 
B)  Olympia 
C)  Delphi 
D)  Delos 
E)  Eleusis

Question 17

Which of the following is not a Greek god or goddess?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ares 
B)  Artemis 
C)  Hestia 
D)  Poseidon 
E)  Venus 
A)  Ares 
B)  Artemis 
C)  Hestia 
D)  Poseidon 
E)  Venus

Question 18

The Greek alphabet came from

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  Mycenae 
C)  Crete 
D)  Phoenicia 
E)  Syria 
A)  Egypt 
B)  Mycenae 
C)  Crete 
D)  Phoenicia 
E)  Syria

Question 19

Greek history first becomes well documented around

Accepted Answer

A) 1200 B.C. 
B) 1000 B.C. 
C) 900 B.C. 
D) 800 B.C. 
E) 450 B.C. 
A) 1200 B.C. 
B) 1000 B.C. 
C) 900 B.C. 
D) 800 B.C. 
E) 450 B.C.

Question 20

Apollo's sacred island was

Accepted Answer

A)  Thera 
B)  Crete 
C)  Delphi 
D)  Delos 
E)  Atlantis 
A)  Thera 
B)  Crete 
C)  Delphi 
D)  Delos 
E)  Atlantis

Exam 5: The Art of Ancient Greece

Who wrote the Oresteia?

The Winged Victory was found in

Which do not belong together?

Which set is correct?

Which was a Greek mathematician?

Which best describes Greek government during the Classical period?

An oracle was a

Who wrote the Republic?

Demosthenes was

Which is not part of the Parthenon plan?

Black-figure pottery is from the

Which of the following did not take part in the Trojan War?

Which of the following is true?

"Classical" means

Which is not a pair?

"Know Thyself" was inscribed in stone at

Which of the following is not a Greek god or goddess?

The Greek alphabet came from

Greek history first becomes well documented around

Apollo's sacred island was

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and The United States Between the Wars

Abstract Expressionism

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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