Question 1

A pithos is a

Accepted Answer

A)  snake 
B)  core 
C)  Kamares jar 
D)  storage jar 
E)  tholos 
A)  snake 
B)  core 
C)  Kamares jar 
D)  storage jar 
E)  tholos D

Question 2

As far as one can tell,the most sacred animal on Minoan Crete was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the lion 
B)  the bull 
C)  the griffin 
D)  the snake 
E)  the duck 
A)  the lion 
B)  the bull 
C)  the griffin 
D)  the snake 
E)  the duck B

Question 3

The term Helladic comes from

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen of Troy 
B)  the Greek name for Greece 
C)  the Greek name for Helen 
D)  the islands of the Hellades 
E)  the Greek name for Troy 
A)  Helen of Troy 
B)  the Greek name for Greece 
C)  the Greek name for Helen 
D)  the islands of the Hellades 
E)  the Greek name for Troy B

Question 4

Mycenaean shrines were

Accepted Answer

A)  on hillsides 
B)  in temples 
C)  in palaces 
D)  at the edge of the sea 
E)  on hilltops 
A)  on hillsides 
B)  in temples 
C)  in palaces 
D)  at the edge of the sea 
E)  on hilltops

Question 5

The statue of the so-called Snake Goddess is made of

Accepted Answer

A)  terracotta 
B)  fresco 
C)  marble 
D)  faïence 
E)  Kamares 
A)  terracotta 
B)  fresco 
C)  marble 
D)  faïence 
E)  Kamares

Question 6

The column flanked by lions at the entrance to Mycenae symbolized

Accepted Answer

A)  a phallus 
B)  a tree 
C)  a goddess 
D)  a building 
E)  an altar 
A)  a phallus 
B)  a tree 
C)  a goddess 
D)  a building 
E)  an altar

Question 7

Schliemann found

Accepted Answer

A)  Knossos 
B)  Mycenae 
C)  Troy 
D)  Mycenae and Troy 
A)  Knossos 
B)  Mycenae 
C)  Troy 
D)  Mycenae and Troy

Question 8

Which is true of Minoan scripts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Linear A was used for lists and Linear B was the written script 
B)  Linear A and Linear B were written scripts 
C)  Linear B and Linear A were Egyptian scripts 
D)  Linear B was used for records and Linear A was the written language 
E)  Linear A was used on papyrus and Linear B was inscribed on tablets 
A)  Linear A was used for lists and Linear B was the written script 
B)  Linear A and Linear B were written scripts 
C)  Linear B and Linear A were Egyptian scripts 
D)  Linear B was used for records and Linear A was the written language 
E)  Linear A was used on papyrus and Linear B was inscribed on tablets

Question 9

The Minotaur was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the king of Crete 
B)  half-bull, half-man 
C)  the son of Icarus and Daedalus 
D)  a hero of many happy legends 
A)  the king of Crete 
B)  half-bull, half-man 
C)  the son of Icarus and Daedalus 
D)  a hero of many happy legends

Question 10

Minos was the son of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Minotaur and Europa 
B)  Zeus and Ariadne 
C)  Theseus and Ariadne 
D)  Europa and Theseus 
E)  Zeus and Europa 
A)  the Minotaur and Europa 
B)  Zeus and Ariadne 
C)  Theseus and Ariadne 
D)  Europa and Theseus 
E)  Zeus and Europa

Question 11

A pinched waist,profile pose,and "floating" forms are typical of the frescoes of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Assyria 
B)  Crete 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Rome 
A)  Assyria 
B)  Crete 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Rome

Question 12

Agamemnon and Klytemnestra were the parents of

Accepted Answer

A)  Elektra, Orestes, Cassandra 
B)  Iphigenia, Cassandra, Orestes 
C)  Elektra, Iphigenia, Cassandra 
D)  Elektra, Orestes, Iphigenia 
A)  Elektra, Orestes, Cassandra 
B)  Iphigenia, Cassandra, Orestes 
C)  Elektra, Iphigenia, Cassandra 
D)  Elektra, Orestes, Iphigenia

Question 13

Which is not a Minoan site?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mycenae 
B)  Phaistos 
C)  Palaikastro 
D)  Knossos 
A)  Mycenae 
B)  Phaistos 
C)  Palaikastro 
D)  Knossos

Question 14

The Minoan civilization was discovered by

Accepted Answer

A)  Schliemann 
B)  Evans 
C)  Marinatos 
D)  Plato 
E)  Theseus 
A)  Schliemann 
B)  Evans 
C)  Marinatos 
D)  Plato 
E)  Theseus

Question 15

The Mycenaean megaron had

Accepted Answer

A)  a front and a back porch, a hearth, a throne room 
B)  columns, a back porch, a hearth, a throne room 
C)  columns, a throne room, an antechamber, a back porch 
D)  a front porch, a hearth, a throne room, columns 
A)  a front and a back porch, a hearth, a throne room 
B)  columns, a back porch, a hearth, a throne room 
C)  columns, a throne room, an antechamber, a back porch 
D)  a front porch, a hearth, a throne room, columns

Question 16

Who of the following was not a Trojan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Priam 
B)  Paris 
C)  Menelaus 
D)  Cassandra 
A)  Priam 
B)  Paris 
C)  Menelaus 
D)  Cassandra

Question 17

Cyclopaean refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a group of islands 
B)  a kind of wall 
C)  a citadel 
D)  a style of painting 
E)  a grave circle 
A)  a group of islands 
B)  a kind of wall 
C)  a citadel 
D)  a style of painting 
E)  a grave circle

Question 18

A corbeled vault is

Accepted Answer

A)  concentric stone rings piled to make an arch or domed room 
B)  a means of transporting water 
C)  a kind of tomb 
D)  the level of windows above the central passageway to let light in from outside 
A)  concentric stone rings piled to make an arch or domed room 
B)  a means of transporting water 
C)  a kind of tomb 
D)  the level of windows above the central passageway to let light in from outside

Question 19

The modern name for Thera is

Accepted Answer

A)  Knossos 
B)  Cairo 
C)  Anatolia 
D)  Santorini 
E)  Atlantis 
A)  Knossos 
B)  Cairo 
C)  Anatolia 
D)  Santorini 
E)  Atlantis

Question 20

Which is not a Theran fresco?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Ship Fresco 
B)  the Boxing Children 
C)  the Griffins 
D)  the Crocus Gatherer 
A)  the Ship Fresco 
B)  the Boxing Children 
C)  the Griffins 
D)  the Crocus Gatherer

Exam 4: The Aegean

A pithos is a

As far as one can tell,the most sacred animal on Minoan Crete was:

The term Helladic comes from

Mycenaean shrines were

The statue of the so-called Snake Goddess is made of

The column flanked by lions at the entrance to Mycenae symbolized

Schliemann found

Which is true of Minoan scripts?

The Minotaur was __________.

Minos was the son of

A pinched waist,profile pose,and "floating" forms are typical of the frescoes of _________.

Agamemnon and Klytemnestra were the parents of

Which is not a Minoan site?

The Minoan civilization was discovered by

The Mycenaean megaron had

Who of the following was not a Trojan?

Cyclopaean refers to

A corbeled vault is

The modern name for Thera is

Which is not a Theran fresco?

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Art of Ancient Greece

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

Filters