Question 1

Civilization received its greatest push forward from the

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A) discovery of fire. 
B) agricultural revolution. 
C) discovery of the potter's wheel. 
D) domestication of animals. 
A) discovery of fire. 
B) agricultural revolution. 
C) discovery of the potter's wheel. 
D) domestication of animals.

Question 2

In which of the following modern countries have the fewest number of megaliths been found?

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A) France 
B) Spain 
C) Malta 
D) Britain 
A) France 
B) Spain 
C) Malta 
D) Britain

Question 3

The most important Paleolithic cave paintings are located in

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A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) England. 
D) both Spain and France. 
A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) England. 
D) both Spain and France.

Question 4

The term Homo sapiens literally means

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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 5

Taboo means that something or someone is

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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 6

Which of the following is NOT connected to Stonehenge?

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A) Aubrey Holes 
B) Camelot 
C) Sarsen 
D) Marlborough Downs 
E) Heel Stone 
A) Aubrey Holes 
B) Camelot 
C) Sarsen 
D) Marlborough Downs 
E) Heel Stone

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT connected to Malta?

Accepted Answer

A) Gozo 
B) Cosquer 
C) Ggantija 
D) Tarxien 
A) Gozo 
B) Cosquer 
C) Ggantija 
D) Tarxien

Question 8

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

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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.

Question 9

As used in this text,a relief refers to

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A) a rest. 
B) a vacation. 
C) a category of sculpture. 
D) a painted image. 
E) a post-and-lintel. 
A) a rest. 
B) a vacation. 
C) a category of sculpture. 
D) a painted image. 
E) a post-and-lintel.

Question 10

A trilithon is a

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

Question 11

The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are

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

Question 12

A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture-in-the-round is

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A) the Venus of Laussel. 
B) the Tuc d'Audoubert Bison. 
C) the Venus of Willendorf. 
D) the Wandjina. 
E) the Mimi hunters. 
A) the Venus of Laussel. 
B) the Tuc d'Audoubert Bison. 
C) the Venus of Willendorf. 
D) the Wandjina. 
E) the Mimi hunters.

Question 13

A kiln is used

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A) for cooking dinner. 
B) for heating pigments. 
C) for baking clay. 
D) for cooking herbs. 
E) for drying wet paint. 
A) for cooking dinner. 
B) for heating pigments. 
C) for baking clay. 
D) for cooking herbs. 
E) for drying wet paint.

Question 14

The so-called Shaman cave painting is at

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A) Lascaux. 
B) Pech-Merle. 
C) Chauvet. 
D) Trois-Frères. 
E) Altamira. 
A) Lascaux. 
B) Pech-Merle. 
C) Chauvet. 
D) Trois-Frères. 
E) Altamira.

Question 15

To what does the Aboriginal Dreaming most refer?

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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

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

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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 17

The tip of an obelisk is called a

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A) pylon. 
B) taper. 
C) benben. 
D) pyramidion. 
E) hypostyle. 
A) pylon. 
B) taper. 
C) benben. 
D) pyramidion. 
E) hypostyle.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT Paleolithic?

Accepted Answer

A) Venus of Laussel 
B) Handprint of Pech-Merle 
C) "Mother Goddess" from Tarxien 
D) Stag from Lascaux 
A) Venus of Laussel 
B) Handprint of Pech-Merle 
C) "Mother Goddess" from Tarxien 
D) Stag from Lascaux

Question 19

Which of the following does NOT have a representation of a bison?

Accepted Answer

A) Altamira 
B) Stonehenge 
C) Tuc d'Audoubert 
D) La Madelaine 
A) Altamira 
B) Stonehenge 
C) Tuc d'Audoubert 
D) La Madelaine

Question 20

Lascaux cave paintings of animals could be described as

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A) painted relief. 
B) stylized. 
C) old fashioned. 
D) superimposed. 
E) stick figures. 
A) painted relief. 
B) stylized. 
C) old fashioned. 
D) superimposed. 
E) stick figures.

Exam 1: The Art of Prehistory

Civilization received its greatest push forward from the

In which of the following modern countries have the fewest number of megaliths been found?

The most important Paleolithic cave paintings are located in

The term Homo sapiens literally means

Taboo means that something or someone is

Which of the following is NOT connected to Stonehenge?

Which of the following is NOT connected to Malta?

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

As used in this text,a relief refers to

A trilithon is a

The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are

A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture-in-the-round is

A kiln is used

The so-called Shaman cave painting is at

To what does the Aboriginal Dreaming most refer?

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

The tip of an obelisk is called a

Which of the following is NOT Paleolithic?

Which of the following does NOT have a representation of a bison?

Lascaux cave paintings of animals could be described as

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

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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