Question 1

The staring,wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures

Accepted Answer

A)  are apotropaic 
B)  are praying 
C)  are in the presence of a god 
D)  are terrified by evil spirits 
A)  are apotropaic 
B)  are praying 
C)  are in the presence of a god 
D)  are terrified by evil spirits

Question 2

The Scythians are best known for

Accepted Answer

A)  gold 
B)  diorite 
C)  pottery 
D)  temples 
E)  irrigation 
A)  gold 
B)  diorite 
C)  pottery 
D)  temples 
E)  irrigation

Question 3

Which of the following are most logically connected?

Accepted Answer

A)  Darius, Gudea, Sargon, Hammurabi 
B)  Ishtar, Sargon, Woolley, Ur 
C)  Cyrus, Darius, Persepolis, Susa 
D)  Gilgamesh, Susa, Tell Asmar, Uruk 
E)  Urnammu, Abu, Inanna, Ishtar 
A)  Darius, Gudea, Sargon, Hammurabi 
B)  Ishtar, Sargon, Woolley, Ur 
C)  Cyrus, Darius, Persepolis, Susa 
D)  Gilgamesh, Susa, Tell Asmar, Uruk 
E)  Urnammu, Abu, Inanna, Ishtar

Question 4

The Ishtar Gate is from

Accepted Answer

A)  Paris 
B)  Babylon 
C)  Akkad 
D)  Persepolis 
A)  Paris 
B)  Babylon 
C)  Akkad 
D)  Persepolis

Question 5

The hieros gamos refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a festival of the new year 
B)  a fertility ceremony 
C)  a sacred marriage 
D)  a holy game 
A)  a festival of the new year 
B)  a fertility ceremony 
C)  a sacred marriage 
D)  a holy game

Question 6

The figure of Naram-Sin is shown

Accepted Answer

A)  with frontal shoulders and profile legs 
B)  with a frontal head and shoulders 
C)  with frontal legs and a profile head 
D)  with frontal shoulders and legs 
E)  holding a rod and scepter 
A)  with frontal shoulders and profile legs 
B)  with a frontal head and shoulders 
C)  with frontal legs and a profile head 
D)  with frontal shoulders and legs 
E)  holding a rod and scepter

Question 7

The oldest planned town excavated so far is located at:

Accepted Answer

A)  Çatal Hüyük 
B)  Jerusalem 
C)  Jericho 
D)  Babylon 
A)  Çatal Hüyük 
B)  Jerusalem 
C)  Jericho 
D)  Babylon

Question 8

Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in

Accepted Answer

A)  Uruk 
B)  Jericho 
C)  Ur 
D)  Tell Asmar 
A)  Uruk 
B)  Jericho 
C)  Ur 
D)  Tell Asmar

Question 9

A Lamassu is

Accepted Answer

A)  a guardian lion 
B)  a guardian bull 
C)  a guardian genius 
D)  a guardian king 
E)  a guardian angel 
A)  a guardian lion 
B)  a guardian bull 
C)  a guardian genius 
D)  a guardian king 
E)  a guardian angel

Question 10

Lions were traditional guardians because

Accepted Answer

A)  they were kings of the animals 
B)  they were thought never to sleep 
C)  they were powerful enough to keep enemies away 
D)  they symbolized the human king 
E)  they protect their cubs 
A)  they were kings of the animals 
B)  they were thought never to sleep 
C)  they were powerful enough to keep enemies away 
D)  they symbolized the human king 
E)  they protect their cubs

The staring,wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures

The Scythians are best known for

Which of the following are most logically connected?

The Ishtar Gate is from

The hieros gamos refers to

The figure of Naram-Sin is shown

The oldest planned town excavated so far is located at:

Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in

A Lamassu is

Lions were traditional guardians because

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Exam 2: The Ancient Near East

The staring,wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures

The Scythians are best known for

Which of the following are most logically connected?

The Ishtar Gate is from

The hieros gamos refers to

The figure of Naram-Sin is shown

The oldest planned town excavated so far is located at:

Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in

A Lamassu is

Lions were traditional guardians because

The Art of Prehistory

Ancient Egypt

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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