Question 1

Who of the following was never involved in studying cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) Leroi-Gourhan 
B) Henri Breuil 
C) Pech-Merle 
D) Reinach 
E) Chauvet 
A) Leroi-Gourhan 
B) Henri Breuil 
C) Pech-Merle 
D) Reinach 
E) Chauvet C

Question 2

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. E

Question 3

The term "Paleolithic" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the Old Stone Age. 
B) the Middle Stone Age. 
C) the New Stone Age. 
D) Old Stones. 
E) the Old Dispensation. 
A) the Old Stone Age. 
B) the Middle Stone Age. 
C) the New Stone Age. 
D) Old Stones. 
E) the Old Dispensation. A

Question 4

The oldest known Aboriginal rock painting style is

Accepted Answer

A) Mimi. 
B) x-ray. 
C) megalithic. 
D) Dreaming. 
A) Mimi. 
B) x-ray. 
C) megalithic. 
D) Dreaming.

Question 5

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 6

By definition,Paleolithic paintings are not

Accepted Answer

A) endowed with life. 
B) abstract. 
C) naturalistic. 
D) designed to conjure up game for hunters. 
A) endowed with life. 
B) abstract. 
C) naturalistic. 
D) designed to conjure up game for hunters.

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

Which of the following is NOT a Celtic term?

Accepted Answer

A) Dolmen 
B) Cromlech 
C) Menhir 
D) Hal Saflieni 
E) Druid 
A) Dolmen 
B) Cromlech 
C) Menhir 
D) Hal Saflieni 
E) Druid

Question 9

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

Question 10

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 11

The caves at Altamira share what 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) All these answers are correct. 
A) they are in France 
B) they are in flat, lake country 
C) they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 12

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 13

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 14

Old Stone Age people

Accepted Answer

A) had stone houses. 
B) used stone tools. 
C) worshipped in stone temples. 
D) built stone tombs. 
E) used stone for building. 
A) had stone houses. 
B) used stone tools. 
C) worshipped in stone temples. 
D) built stone tombs. 
E) used stone for building.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT found at Lascaux?

Accepted Answer

A) a horned owl 
B) a stag 
C) horses 
D) bulls 
E) humans 
A) a horned owl 
B) a stag 
C) horses 
D) bulls 
E) humans

Question 16

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 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

Pigment is

Accepted Answer

A) a racial characteristic. 
B) color. 
C) paint. 
D) painted relief. 
E) watercolor. 
A) a racial characteristic. 
B) color. 
C) paint. 
D) painted relief. 
E) watercolor.

Exam 1: The Art of Prehistory

Who of the following was never involved in studying cave paintings?

Stonehenge is located at

The term "Paleolithic" refers to

The oldest known Aboriginal rock painting style is

The sun rises over the Heel Stone at Stonehenge at

By definition,Paleolithic paintings are not

An important cultural change from Paleolithic to Neolithic is

Which of the following is NOT a Celtic term?

Which term is NOT related to making sculpture?

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

The caves at Altamira share what in common with Lascaux?

The term "prehistory" means

Which is NOT a subject of Aboriginal rock painting?

Old Stone Age people

Which of the following is NOT found at Lascaux?

Paleolithic paintings of animals usually have been found

Wandjina are

Which is true of the Beaker People?

Stonehenge dates from the ________ period.

Pigment is

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

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

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