This test is for review purposes only. If you do not have access to a mail program, you do NOT need to mail the results to the professor. You may mail the results if you are able.
Suggestion: Take the test once and display your score at the end. Only go back and look at the answers after trying to "take the test." 1) In the early 1920's, Abbé Henri Breuil proposed that cave paintings were early forms of A) creation mythology B) interior decoration C) religious expression D) zoological study 2) Which material was NOT used by sculptors in Northern Europe until about 2000 bce? A) bone B) clay C) ivory D) metal 3) An individual thought to have special powers, the ability to foretell the future, and the ability to assist people through contact with the spirits is known as a . 4) Radiometric dating of radiocarbon is a means of developing rather than relative dating. 5) Answer the following questions about this image: This sculpture was discovered in present-day A) Austria B) England C) France D) Germany 6) This sculpture is approximately this size of A) a person's hand B) a person's arm C) a baby D) a full-grown woman 7) This sculpture is called a "Venus" figure because A) it represents the Roman goddess of love, B) it represents a female fertility goddess who was later known as Venus, C) the discoverers named it according to their own ideas of what it was, D) the discoverers of this figure did not realize how old it was. 8) Answer the following questions about this image: These paintings were created approximately A) 1,700 years ago, B) 2,600 years ago, C) 17,000 years ago, D) 26,000 years ago. 9) The pigments of this painting probably consist of: A) ochres for the red, manganese dioxide for the blacks, and water or saliva for the binding medium. B) ochres for the red, manganese dioxide for the blacks, and egg yolks for the binding medium. C) ochres for the red, charcoal or manganese dioxide for the blacks, and water or saliva for the binding medium. D) ochres for the red, manganese dioxide for the blacks, and animal fat for the binding medium. 10) The animal and human figures in this painting are rendered in different artistic styles because: A) they were drawn by two different artists at two different times. B) the artist was not used to drawing animals and drew it badly. C) the artist had no tradition for drawing humans and drew it simply. D) the artist was afraid to draw a realistic human being because it would invoke its power. E) Probably C, but all these answers have been offered as explanations.
