Question 1

The Roman Colosseum was built around a core of

Accepted Answer

A) concrete. 
B) brick. 
C) sandstone. 
D) iron. 
A) concrete. 
B) brick. 
C) sandstone. 
D) iron. A

Question 2

Which was NOT a Roman architectural type?

Accepted Answer

A) the private house 
B) the round temple 
C) the peripteral temple 
D) the circus 
E) the Colosseum 
A) the private house 
B) the round temple 
C) the peripteral temple 
D) the circus 
E) the Colosseum C

Question 3

The Ara Pacis was constructed under

Accepted Answer

A) Augustus. 
B) Julius Caesar. 
C) Trajan. 
D) Nero. 
E) Constantine. 
A) Augustus. 
B) Julius Caesar. 
C) Trajan. 
D) Nero. 
E) Constantine. A

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT a use of the Roman basilica?

Accepted Answer

A) commerce 
B) worship 
C) law courts 
D) administration 
A) commerce 
B) worship 
C) law courts 
D) administration

Question 5

The Punic Wars were fought between

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A) Rome and Carthage. 
B) Rome and Greece. 
C) Rome and Phoenicia. 
D) Rome and Etruria. 
A) Rome and Carthage. 
B) Rome and Greece. 
C) Rome and Phoenicia. 
D) Rome and Etruria.

Question 6

Which is LEAST likely to have been a feature of the Roman bath?

Accepted Answer

A) a museum 
B) a tepidarium 
C) a swimming pool 
D) a ball court 
E) a market 
A) a museum 
B) a tepidarium 
C) a swimming pool 
D) a ball court 
E) a market

Question 7

Pompeii was destroyed

Accepted Answer

A) in A.D.79. 
B) in the first century B.C. 
C) under Nero. 
D) in A.D.121 
A) in A.D.79. 
B) in the first century B.C. 
C) under Nero. 
D) in A.D.121

Question 8

Young Woman with a Stylus is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) a relief. 
B) a marble bust. 
C) a tondo. 
D) a second style fresco. 
A) a relief. 
B) a marble bust. 
C) a tondo. 
D) a second style fresco.

Question 9

The Pont du Gard at Nîmes was

Accepted Answer

A) an aqueduct. 
B) a temple. 
C) a bridge. 
D) both a bridge and an aqueduct. 
A) an aqueduct. 
B) a temple. 
C) a bridge. 
D) both a bridge and an aqueduct.

Question 10

Hadrian was especially influenced by

Accepted Answer

A) Egyptian religion. 
B) Greek styles. 
C) Virgil's Aeneid. 
D) Homer's Iliad. 
E) Marcus Aurelius. 
A) Egyptian religion. 
B) Greek styles. 
C) Virgil's Aeneid. 
D) Homer's Iliad. 
E) Marcus Aurelius.

Question 11

Which is NOT a commemorative monument?

Accepted Answer

A) Trajan's Column 
B) the Arch of Titus 
C) the Ara Pacis 
D) Colosseum 
E) the Pantheon 
A) Trajan's Column 
B) the Arch of Titus 
C) the Ara Pacis 
D) Colosseum 
E) the Pantheon

Question 12

In the scene from the Odyssey Landscapes illustrated in this chapter,

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A) cannibals are depicted. 
B) Laestrygonians are depicted helping Odysseus's men. 
C) there is no landscape detail. 
D) people are hunting animals. 
A) cannibals are depicted. 
B) Laestrygonians are depicted helping Odysseus's men. 
C) there is no landscape detail. 
D) people are hunting animals.

Question 13

The portrait incorporated into the mummy case of Artemidoros

Accepted Answer

A) is an ancestor portrait. 
B) is a fresco. 
C) is in encaustic. 
D) is a portrait bust. 
A) is an ancestor portrait. 
B) is a fresco. 
C) is in encaustic. 
D) is a portrait bust.

Question 14

The Jewish Wars were chronicled by

Accepted Answer

A) Josephus. 
B) Virgil. 
C) Suetonius. 
D) Julius Caesar. 
E) Ovid. 
A) Josephus. 
B) Virgil. 
C) Suetonius. 
D) Julius Caesar. 
E) Ovid.

Question 15

Greek art was championed during the reign of

Accepted Answer

A) Caesar in the Roman Republic. 
B) Augustus, the emperor. 
C) Pliny the Elder. 
D) Constantine. 
A) Caesar in the Roman Republic. 
B) Augustus, the emperor. 
C) Pliny the Elder. 
D) Constantine.

Question 16

Which is NOT true of the Villa of the Mysteries frescoes?

Accepted Answer

A) They represent an initiation rite. 
B) They have erotic elements. 
C) They have a red background. 
D) The figures are naturalistic. 
E) They include details of landscape. 
A) They represent an initiation rite. 
B) They have erotic elements. 
C) They have a red background. 
D) The figures are naturalistic. 
E) They include details of landscape.

Question 17

Which of the following is the best pairing?

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A) Virgil and Odysseus 
B) Ovid and the Metamorphoses 
C) Trajan and the Meditations 
D) Marcus Aurelius and the Commentarii 
A) Virgil and Odysseus 
B) Ovid and the Metamorphoses 
C) Trajan and the Meditations 
D) Marcus Aurelius and the Commentarii

Question 18

Roman concrete was a mixture of

Accepted Answer

A) water, tufa, travertine, and rubble. 
B) water, mortar, gravel, and rubble. 
C) stucco, plaster, water, mortar, and rubble. 
D) tufa, rubble, gravel, and mortar. 
A) water, tufa, travertine, and rubble. 
B) water, mortar, gravel, and rubble. 
C) stucco, plaster, water, mortar, and rubble. 
D) tufa, rubble, gravel, and mortar.

Question 19

Virgil wrote the Aeneid for

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A) Julius Caesar. 
B) Augustus. 
C) Trajan. 
D) Constantine. 
E) Caracalla. 
A) Julius Caesar. 
B) Augustus. 
C) Trajan. 
D) Constantine. 
E) Caracalla.

Question 20

The Tophet refers to

Accepted Answer

A) a Punic shrine. 
B) a temple. 
C) a site of child sacrifice. 
D) a site of ritual suicide. 
A) a Punic shrine. 
B) a temple. 
C) a site of child sacrifice. 
D) a site of ritual suicide.

Exam 7: Ancient Rome

The Roman Colosseum was built around a core of

Which was NOT a Roman architectural type?

The Ara Pacis was constructed under

Which of the following was NOT a use of the Roman basilica?

The Punic Wars were fought between

Which is LEAST likely to have been a feature of the Roman bath?

Pompeii was destroyed

Young Woman with a Stylus is an example of

The Pont du Gard at Nîmes was

Hadrian was especially influenced by

Which is NOT a commemorative monument?

In the scene from the Odyssey Landscapes illustrated in this chapter,

The portrait incorporated into the mummy case of Artemidoros

The Jewish Wars were chronicled by

Greek art was championed during the reign of

Which is NOT true of the Villa of the Mysteries frescoes?

Which of the following is the best pairing?

Roman concrete was a mixture of

Virgil wrote the Aeneid for

The Tophet refers to

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Jewish, 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

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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