Question 1

Which term is not related to making sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)  carving 
B)  modeling 
C)  relief 
D)  post-and-lintel 
E)  incising 
A)  carving 
B)  modeling 
C)  relief 
D)  post-and-lintel 
E)  incising D

Question 2

The artists at Lascaux and Altamira seem to have done their art as

Accepted Answer

A)  decoration for the cave 
B)  part of a ceremony to ensure success in the hunt 
C)  the totem of the tribal chief 
D)  an ex-voto for a man killed in a hunt 
A)  decoration for the cave 
B)  part of a ceremony to ensure success in the hunt 
C)  the totem of the tribal chief 
D)  an ex-voto for a man killed in a hunt B

Question 3

A trilithon is a

Accepted Answer

A)  single post-and-lintel 
B)  three posts-and-lintels 
C)  a fossil 
D)  a three-part painting 
E)  a triple stone 
A)  single post-and-lintel 
B)  three posts-and-lintels 
C)  a fossil 
D)  a three-part painting 
E)  a triple stone A

Question 4

Who built Stonehenge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Druids 
B)  Merlin 
C)  King Arthur 
D)  Men of Wessex 
E)  Men of Camelot 
A)  Druids 
B)  Merlin 
C)  King Arthur 
D)  Men of Wessex 
E)  Men of Camelot

Question 5

Which is not a subject of Aboriginal rock painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mimi 
B)  kangaroos 
C)  Wandjina 
D)  buffalo 
A)  Mimi 
B)  kangaroos 
C)  Wandjina 
D)  buffalo

Question 6

Which is true of the Beaker People?

Accepted Answer

A)  they hunted ducks 
B)  they were nomads 
C)  they made pottery 
D)  they destroyed Stonehenge 
E)  they were literate 
A)  they hunted ducks 
B)  they were nomads 
C)  they made pottery 
D)  they destroyed Stonehenge 
E)  they were literate

Question 7

An important cultural change from Paleolithic to Neolithic is

Accepted Answer

A)  from nomadic to agricultural 
B)  from megalithic to caves 
C)  from pottery to sculpture 
D)  from warlike to peaceful 
E)  from illiterate to literate 
A)  from nomadic to agricultural 
B)  from megalithic to caves 
C)  from pottery to sculpture 
D)  from warlike to peaceful 
E)  from illiterate to literate

Question 8

The term Homo sapiens literally means

Accepted Answer

A)  simple man 
B)  stupid man 
C)  stoic man 
D)  wise man 
E)  genius 
A)  simple man 
B)  stupid man 
C)  stoic man 
D)  wise man 
E)  genius

Question 9

The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are

Accepted Answer

A)  rectangular 
B)  oval 
C)  cubic 
D)  trapezoidal 
E)  triangular 
A)  rectangular 
B)  oval 
C)  cubic 
D)  trapezoidal 
E)  triangular

Question 10

Paleolithic paintings of animals usually have been found

Accepted Answer

A)  in the uninhabited depths of caves 
B)  at the mouths of caves 
C)  in Neolithic shelters 
D)  on rock faces open to the light of day 
A)  in the uninhabited depths of caves 
B)  at the mouths of caves 
C)  in Neolithic shelters 
D)  on rock faces open to the light of day

Question 11

Taboo means that something or someone is

Accepted Answer

A)  a saint and a sinner 
B)  good and evil 
C)  sacred and profane 
D)  magic and sacred 
E)  untouchable 
A)  a saint and a sinner 
B)  good and evil 
C)  sacred and profane 
D)  magic and sacred 
E)  untouchable

Question 12

Wandjina are

Accepted Answer

A)  Mimi hunters 
B)  Aboriginal kangaroos 
C)  shaman 
D)  cloud spirits 
E)  Aboriginal X-rays 
A)  Mimi hunters 
B)  Aboriginal kangaroos 
C)  shaman 
D)  cloud spirits 
E)  Aboriginal X-rays

Question 13

Which of the following is a logical interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?

Accepted Answer

A)  an obese figure 
B)  a wealthy figure 
C)  a fertility figure 
D)  a pregnant figure 
E)  a blind figure 
A)  an obese figure 
B)  a wealthy figure 
C)  a fertility figure 
D)  a pregnant figure 
E)  a blind figure

Question 14

The term "prehistory" means

Accepted Answer

A)  before people wrote history books 
B)  before people had written language 
C)  before people had libraries 
D)  before people could count 
E)  before people could talk 
A)  before people wrote history books 
B)  before people had written language 
C)  before people had libraries 
D)  before people could count 
E)  before people could talk

Question 15

To what does the Aboriginal Dreaming most refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Australian rituals 
B)  Australian myth 
C)  Australian dreams 
D)  Australian art 
E)  Australian folk tales 
A)  Australian rituals 
B)  Australian myth 
C)  Australian dreams 
D)  Australian art 
E)  Australian folk tales

Question 16

The sun rises over the Heel Stone at Stonehenge at

Accepted Answer

A)  the winter solstice 
B)  the summer solstice 
C)  Easter 
D)  Christmas 
E)  dawn 
A)  the winter solstice 
B)  the summer solstice 
C)  Easter 
D)  Christmas 
E)  dawn

Question 17

When an animal's body is shown in perspective,but with its head shown full front,the artist is using

Accepted Answer

A)  twisted perspective 
B)  atmospheric perspective 
C)  linear perspective 
D)  aerial perspective 
A)  twisted perspective 
B)  atmospheric perspective 
C)  linear perspective 
D)  aerial perspective

Question 18

Stonehenge dates from the __________ period.

Accepted Answer

A)  Paleolithic 
B)  Late Jurassic 
C)  Mesolithic 
D)  Neolithic 
A)  Paleolithic 
B)  Late Jurassic 
C)  Mesolithic 
D)  Neolithic

Question 19

Stonehenge is located at

Accepted Answer

A)  Marlborough Downs 
B)  Carnac 
C)  Crucuno 
D)  Sussex 
E)  Salisbury Plain 
A)  Marlborough Downs 
B)  Carnac 
C)  Crucuno 
D)  Sussex 
E)  Salisbury Plain

Question 20

The caves at Altamira share certain things in common with Lascaux

Accepted Answer

A)  they are in France 
B)  they are in flat, lake country 
C)  they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals 
D)  they are in France, they are in flat, lake country, and they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals 
A)  they are in France 
B)  they are in flat, lake country 
C)  they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals 
D)  they are in France, they are in flat, lake country, and they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals

Exam 1: The Art of Prehistory

Which term is not related to making sculpture?

The artists at Lascaux and Altamira seem to have done their art as

A trilithon is a

Who built Stonehenge?

Which is not a subject of Aboriginal rock painting?

Which is true of the Beaker People?

An important cultural change from Paleolithic to Neolithic is

The term Homo sapiens literally means

The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are

Paleolithic paintings of animals usually have been found

Taboo means that something or someone is

Wandjina are

Which of the following is a logical interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?

The term "prehistory" means

To what does the Aboriginal Dreaming most refer?

The sun rises over the Heel Stone at Stonehenge at

When an animal's body is shown in perspective,but with its head shown full front,the artist is using

Stonehenge dates from the __________ period.

Stonehenge is located at

The caves at Altamira share certain things in common with Lascaux

The Ancient Near East

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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