Question 1

Which is not a Nubian culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kerma 
B)  Kush 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Punt 
A)  Kerma 
B)  Kush 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Punt

Question 2

Lady Senuwy was

Accepted Answer

A)  a courtesan 
B)  a princess 
C)  a queen 
D)  a slave 
E)  a lady-in-waiting 
A)  a courtesan 
B)  a princess 
C)  a queen 
D)  a slave 
E)  a lady-in-waiting

Question 3

Imhotep was

Accepted Answer

A)  the sun god 
B)  an architect 
C)  a sculptor 
D)  a painter 
E)  a pharaoh 
A)  the sun god 
B)  an architect 
C)  a sculptor 
D)  a painter 
E)  a pharaoh

Question 4

Tomb frescoes were most popular in

Accepted Answer

A)  Nubia 
B)  the Middle Kingdom 
C)  the Old Kingdom 
D)  the New Kingdom 
A)  Nubia 
B)  the Middle Kingdom 
C)  the Old Kingdom 
D)  the New Kingdom

Question 5

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

Accepted Answer

A)  it has columns with a base, shaft, and capital 
B)  the center columns are shorter than the side columns 
C)  the center columns are taller than the side columns 
D)  it has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base 
E)  the shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs 
A)  it has columns with a base, shaft, and capital 
B)  the center columns are shorter than the side columns 
C)  the center columns are taller than the side columns 
D)  it has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base 
E)  the shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs

Question 6

Egyptian history is divided into

Accepted Answer

A)  chronological dates 
B)  king lists 
C)  dynasties 
D)  months and years 
A)  chronological dates 
B)  king lists 
C)  dynasties 
D)  months and years

Question 7

A cartouche

Accepted Answer

A)  is a form of cartonnage 
B)  is a serekh 
C)  is a scarab 
D)  frames the name of a king 
E)  frames a plan of the king's palace 
A)  is a form of cartonnage 
B)  is a serekh 
C)  is a scarab 
D)  frames the name of a king 
E)  frames a plan of the king's palace

Question 8

For the most part,pyramids are believed to have been built by

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves 
B)  Jews 
C)  seasonal workers 
D)  Nubians 
A)  slaves 
B)  Jews 
C)  seasonal workers 
D)  Nubians

Question 9

Royal figures in Egyptian art are

Accepted Answer

A)  naturalistic and assertive 
B)  hieratic and naturalistic 
C)  assertive and stylized 
D)  stylized and miniature 
E)  monumental and unassuming 
A)  naturalistic and assertive 
B)  hieratic and naturalistic 
C)  assertive and stylized 
D)  stylized and miniature 
E)  monumental and unassuming

Question 10

The Amarna style showed

Accepted Answer

A)  caricatured face and posture 
B)  intimate, relaxed poses 
C)  the pharaoh in the traditional twisted view 
D)  caricatured face and posture and intimate, relaxed poses 
A)  caricatured face and posture 
B)  intimate, relaxed poses 
C)  the pharaoh in the traditional twisted view 
D)  caricatured face and posture and intimate, relaxed poses

Question 11

Narmer was associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  Menes 
B)  Manetho 
C)  Alexander the Great 
D)  Menkaure 
E)  Nefertiti 
A)  Menes 
B)  Manetho 
C)  Alexander the Great 
D)  Menkaure 
E)  Nefertiti

Question 12

Tutankhamen is a well-known pharaoh because

Accepted Answer

A)  he lived a long time 
B)  his tomb was discovered intact 
C)  he was a great scribe 
D)  he was a revolutionary thinker 
E)  his mummy was discovered and preserved 
A)  he lived a long time 
B)  his tomb was discovered intact 
C)  he was a great scribe 
D)  he was a revolutionary thinker 
E)  his mummy was discovered and preserved

Question 13

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

Accepted Answer

A)  human forms 
B)  animal forms 
C)  plant forms 
D)  architectural forms 
E)  symbolic forms 
A)  human forms 
B)  animal forms 
C)  plant forms 
D)  architectural forms 
E)  symbolic forms

Question 14

The Old Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh who built his tomb at Gizeh was

Accepted Answer

A)  Seti 
B)  Akhenaten 
C)  Khafre 
D)  Tutankhamun 
A)  Seti 
B)  Akhenaten 
C)  Khafre 
D)  Tutankhamun

Question 15

Styles under Akhenaten were more _________ than before his reign.

Accepted Answer

A)  stylized 
B)  hieratic 
C)  conventional 
D)  naturalistic 
E)  religious 
A)  stylized 
B)  hieratic 
C)  conventional 
D)  naturalistic 
E)  religious

Question 16

The only surviving step pyramid was built for

Accepted Answer

A)  Menkaure 
B)  Khufu 
C)  Khafre 
D)  Narmer 
E)  Zoser 
A)  Menkaure 
B)  Khufu 
C)  Khafre 
D)  Narmer 
E)  Zoser

Question 17

The closest meaning of the word "ka" is

Accepted Answer

A)  ego 
B)  double 
C)  alter-ego 
D)  self-image 
E)  twin 
A)  ego 
B)  double 
C)  alter-ego 
D)  self-image 
E)  twin

Question 18

Canopic jars contain

Accepted Answer

A)  preserved foods 
B)  preserved works of art 
C)  preserved items of clothing 
D)  preserved organs 
E)  preserved texts 
A)  preserved foods 
B)  preserved works of art 
C)  preserved items of clothing 
D)  preserved organs 
E)  preserved texts

Question 19

Hatshepsut's chief architect was

Accepted Answer

A)  Nefrure 
B)  Ahmose 
C)  Tuthmose 
D)  Senenmut 
E)  Imhotep 
A)  Nefrure 
B)  Ahmose 
C)  Tuthmose 
D)  Senenmut 
E)  Imhotep

Question 20

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Upper Egypt is north and Lower Egypt is south 
B)  the Blue Nile is north of the White Nile 
C)  Upper Egypt is south and Lower Egypt is north 
D)  The Nile delta is in the south 
E)  The Nile floods every year without fail 
A)  Upper Egypt is north and Lower Egypt is south 
B)  the Blue Nile is north of the White Nile 
C)  Upper Egypt is south and Lower Egypt is north 
D)  The Nile delta is in the south 
E)  The Nile floods every year without fail

Exam 3: Ancient Egypt

Which is not a Nubian culture?

Lady Senuwy was

Imhotep was

Tomb frescoes were most popular in

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

Egyptian history is divided into

A cartouche

For the most part,pyramids are believed to have been built by

Royal figures in Egyptian art are

The Amarna style showed

Narmer was associated with

Tutankhamen is a well-known pharaoh because

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

The Old Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh who built his tomb at Gizeh was

Styles under Akhenaten were more _________ than before his reign.

The only surviving step pyramid was built for

The closest meaning of the word "ka" is

Canopic jars contain

Hatshepsut's chief architect was

Which of the following is true?

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

The Aegean

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

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