Chapter Four: Aegean Art
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1) The study of Aegean art focuses on all of the following cultures except:
A)
Assyrian
B)
Cycladic
C)
Minoan
D)
Mycenean
2) The palace complex at Knossos is found on the island of
.
3) The legendary Minotaur was a monster half man and half ____.
A)
horse
B)
bull
C)
goat
D)
serpent
4) The dominant architectural structures on Crete from roughtly 1900-1300 bce were:
A)
palace complexes
B)
temple complexes
C)
tombs
D)
treasuries
5) The Treasury of Atreus is neither a treasury, nor built by Atreus.
True
False
6) The palace complex at Knossos was discovered by
A)
Henry Carter
B)
Arthur Evans
C)
Edith Hall
D)
Heinrich Schliemann
7) Which is a technique NOT found in Aegean metalwork?
A)
repousse
B)
inlay
C)
corbeling
D)
lost-wax casting
8) The medium of choice for Cycladic figure sculpture was
A)
Brronze
B)
Ivory
C)
Marble
D)
Terra cotta
9) Answer the following questions about this image
This structure is found at:
A)
Athens
B)
Knossos
C)
Mycenae
D)
Tiryns
10) The column in the relief probably indicates that:
A)
Minoans ruled this citadel.
B)
Myceneans had conquered the Minoans.
C)
People in this citadel worshipped columns as symbols of the tree of life.
D)
Archeologists aren't sure and are still fighting about it.
E)
All of the above have been suggested as explanations.
11) The archeologist who excavated this site was:
A)
Henry Carter
B)
Arthur Evans
C)
Edith Hall
D)
Heinrich Schliemann
12) The missing heads were sculpted separately of
and then fastened into holes in the stone.
13) Inside this gate you will find vertical pits entombing Mycenean rulers and their families, known as:
A)
beehive tombs
B)
burial mounds
C)
mastabas
D)
shaft graves
E)
passage graves
14) Answer the following questions based on this image:
This figure represents an aspect of the religion of:
A)
the Bible
B)
Egyptians
C)
Minoans
D)
Myceneans
15) The material of this statue is ceramic with a glass paste glaze known as
.
16) Because of the snakes and other attributes of this figure, which explanation of her meaning is the LEAST likely:
A)
she is a goddess of nature
B)
she is the goddess of love and beauty
C)
she is a powerful woman in a matriarchal society.
D)
she is a priestess in a religious ritual
E)
she has access to supernatural wisdom
17) This statue is approximately:
A)
the size of a hand
B)
one foot tall
C)
the size of a small child
D)
life size.
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