Question 1

Which was not a technique or process used by the Greeks?

Accepted Answer

A)  lost-wax 
B)  black-figure 
C)  red-figure 
D)  white ground 
E)  mummification 
A)  lost-wax 
B)  black-figure 
C)  red-figure 
D)  white ground 
E)  mummification

Question 2

Who was not a Greek tragedian?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristophanes 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Aeschylus 
D)  Euripides 
A)  Aristophanes 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Aeschylus 
D)  Euripides

Question 3

Contrapposto is

Accepted Answer

A)  a twist at the neck 
B)  a counter position 
C)  a twist at the waist 
D)  stepping forward 
E)  standing at attention 
A)  a twist at the neck 
B)  a counter position 
C)  a twist at the waist 
D)  stepping forward 
E)  standing at attention

Question 4

The earliest example of the use of contrapposto was in the sculpture of the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kouros from Tenea 
B)  Kritios Boy 
C)  Laocoön 
D)  Perikles 
A)  Kouros from Tenea 
B)  Kritios Boy 
C)  Laocoön 
D)  Perikles

Question 5

The general who commissioned the Parthenon was

Accepted Answer

A)  Alkiabiades 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Herodotos 
D)  Xenophon 
E)  Perikles 
A)  Alkiabiades 
B)  Sophokles 
C)  Herodotos 
D)  Xenophon 
E)  Perikles

Question 6

A nude standing figure of a young man is known in Greek art as a(n)___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  kore 
B)  entasis 
C)  lapith 
D)  kouros 
A)  kore 
B)  entasis 
C)  lapith 
D)  kouros

Question 7

Which of the following do not belong together?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zeus - thunderbolt 
B)  Juno - peacock 
C)  Hephaestos - hearth 
D)  Neptune - trident 
E)  Hermes - caduceus 
A)  Zeus - thunderbolt 
B)  Juno - peacock 
C)  Hephaestos - hearth 
D)  Neptune - trident 
E)  Hermes - caduceus

Question 8

Herodotos is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the father of poetry 
B)  the father of theater 
C)  the father of rhetoric 
D)  the father of history 
E)  the father of philosophy 
A)  the father of poetry 
B)  the father of theater 
C)  the father of rhetoric 
D)  the father of history 
E)  the father of philosophy

Question 9

Alexander the Great was

Accepted Answer

A)  an Athenian 
B)  a Persian 
C)  a Pergamene 
D)  a Macedonian 
E)  a Mycenaean 
A)  an Athenian 
B)  a Persian 
C)  a Pergamene 
D)  a Macedonian 
E)  a Mycenaean

Question 10

Which of the following is not predominantly Doric?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis 
B)  Parthenon 
C)  Temple of Poseidon, Paestum 
D)  Basilica, Paestum 
A)  Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis 
B)  Parthenon 
C)  Temple of Poseidon, Paestum 
D)  Basilica, Paestum

Question 11

The Classical Greek style can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  stylized and organic 
B)  stylized and idealized 
C)  figurative and non-representational 
D)  idealized but non-figurative 
E)  naturalistic but idealized 
A)  stylized and organic 
B)  stylized and idealized 
C)  figurative and non-representational 
D)  idealized but non-figurative 
E)  naturalistic but idealized

Question 12

The Riace bronzes were found in

Accepted Answer

A)  Riace 
B)  a cave 
C)  the sea 
D)  a grave 
E)  a temple 
A)  Riace 
B)  a cave 
C)  the sea 
D)  a grave 
E)  a temple

Question 13

To the Greeks,barbarians were

Accepted Answer

A)  cannibals 
B)  Persians 
C)  Egyptians 
D)  Scythians 
E)  foreigners 
A)  cannibals 
B)  Persians 
C)  Egyptians 
D)  Scythians 
E)  foreigners

Question 14

Which is not part of Greek theater architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)  orchestra 
B)  pronaos 
C)  proscenium 
D)  skene 
E)  parodos 
A)  orchestra 
B)  pronaos 
C)  proscenium 
D)  skene 
E)  parodos

Question 15

A Dipylon vase was

Accepted Answer

A)  an Egyptian treaty marker 
B)  an Athenian funerary vessel 
C)  the repository of the law in Chaldea 
D)  a place of safekeeping during the Olympiads 
A)  an Egyptian treaty marker 
B)  an Athenian funerary vessel 
C)  the repository of the law in Chaldea 
D)  a place of safekeeping during the Olympiads

Question 16

Which of the following was not a famous woman in ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sappho of Lesbos 
B)  Iaia of Kyzikos 
C)  Aspasia 
D)  Artemisia 
A)  Sappho of Lesbos 
B)  Iaia of Kyzikos 
C)  Aspasia 
D)  Artemisia

Question 17

The first known Greek artist to celebrate the female nude was

Accepted Answer

A)  Praxiteles 
B)  Phidias 
C)  Perikles 
D)  Lysippos 
E)  Exekias 
A)  Praxiteles 
B)  Phidias 
C)  Perikles 
D)  Lysippos 
E)  Exekias

Question 18

Which of the following do not belong together?

Accepted Answer

A)  hydria - water jar 
B)  amphora - storage jar 
C)  krater - flask for pouring oil 
D)  kylix - drinking cup 
E)  oenochoe - jug for pouring wine 
A)  hydria - water jar 
B)  amphora - storage jar 
C)  krater - flask for pouring oil 
D)  kylix - drinking cup 
E)  oenochoe - jug for pouring wine

Question 19

What subject was portrayed on the frieze around the Parthenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Panathenaic Procession 
B)  Dionysiac Procession 
C)  Labors of Herakles 
D)  Battle of Gods and Giants 
A)  Panathenaic Procession 
B)  Dionysiac Procession 
C)  Labors of Herakles 
D)  Battle of Gods and Giants

Question 20

Greek Hellenistic art is

Accepted Answer

A)  realistic 
B)  in a typical "corkscrew" arrangement 
C)  more passionate 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  realistic 
B)  in a typical "corkscrew" arrangement 
C)  more passionate 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Exam 5: The Art of Ancient Greece

Which was not a technique or process used by the Greeks?

Who was not a Greek tragedian?

Contrapposto is

The earliest example of the use of contrapposto was in the sculpture of the __________.

The general who commissioned the Parthenon was

A nude standing figure of a young man is known in Greek art as a(n)___________.

Which of the following do not belong together?

Herodotos is called

Alexander the Great was

Which of the following is not predominantly Doric?

The Classical Greek style can best be described as

The Riace bronzes were found in

To the Greeks,barbarians were

Which is not part of Greek theater architecture?

A Dipylon vase was

Which of the following was not a famous woman in ancient Greece?

The first known Greek artist to celebrate the female nude was

Which of the following do not belong together?

What subject was portrayed on the frieze around the Parthenon?

Greek Hellenistic art is

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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