Question 1

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

Accepted Answer

A) It has columns with a base, shaft, and capital. 
B) The center columns are shorter than the side columns. 
C) The center columns are taller than the side columns. 
D) It has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base. 
E) The shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs.

Question 2

The conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art first occur about 3500 B.C.in the

Accepted Answer

A) Rosetta Stone. 
B) Standard of Heliopolis. 
C) Palette of Narmer. 
D) Stele of Ramses.

Question 3

Most pyramids were built by pharaohs in

Accepted Answer

A) Nubia. 
B) the Middle Kingdom. 
C) the Old Kingdom. 
D) the New Kingdom.

Question 4

Lady Senuwy was

Accepted Answer

A) a courtesan. 
B) a princess. 
C) a queen. 
D) a slave. 
E) a lady-in-waiting.

Question 5

Hatshepsut's greatest architectural achievement is

Accepted Answer

A) the temple at Karnak. 
B) the temple at Thebes. 
C) the temple at Amarna. 
D) the temple at Deir el-Bahri. 
E) the temple at Luxor.

Question 6

"Gift of the Nile" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) Hapy. 
B) Moses. 
C) Osiris. 
D) Egypt. 
E) Lake Victoria.

Question 7

Canopic jars contain

Accepted Answer

A) preserved foods. 
B) preserved works of art. 
C) preserved items of clothing. 
D) preserved organs. 
E) preserved texts.

Question 8

The tip of an obelisk is called a

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Styles under Akhenaten were more ________ than before his reign.

Accepted Answer

A) stylized 
B) hieratic 
C) conventional 
D) naturalistic 
E) religious

Question 10

The forerunner of the Pyramid appears to be the

Accepted Answer

A) ziggurat. 
B) obelisk. 
C) mastaba. 
D) stone-cut temple.

Question 11

The world's longest river is

Accepted Answer

A) the River Jordan. 
B) the Tigris. 
C) the Nile. 
D) the Mississippi. 
E) the Amazon.

Question 12

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

Accepted Answer

A) human forms. 
B) animal forms. 
C) plant forms. 
D) architectural forms. 
E) symbolic forms.

Question 13

The ankh is a symbol of

Accepted Answer

A) god. 
B) life. 
C) happiness. 
D) immortality. 
E) death.

Question 14

An Egyptian scribe was

Accepted Answer

A) a slave. 
B) a scribbler. 
C) a well-educated person. 
D) an author of scripture.

Question 15

Akhenaten was a

Accepted Answer

A) polytheist. 
B) prince. 
C) monk. 
D) sun-worshipper. 
E) mason.

Question 16

The Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu is in

Accepted Answer

A) Karnak. 
B) Thebes. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Amarna. 
E) Luxor.

Exam 3: Ancient Egypt