Question 1

What best describes the material of the Ain Ghazal figures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ocher and charcoal 
B)  Plaster and reed 
C)  Incised stone 
D)  Carved antler 
A)  Ocher and charcoal 
B)  Plaster and reed 
C)  Incised stone 
D)  Carved antler

Question 2

Which drawing convention for the representation of animals was used almost exclusively in Paleolithic art?

Accepted Answer

A)  Composite creature 
B)  Foreshortening 
C)  Linear perspective 
D)  The profile view 
A)  Composite creature 
B)  Foreshortening 
C)  Linear perspective 
D)  The profile view

Question 3

What motivated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?

Accepted Answer

A)  The need for an offensive base 
B)  Protection against natural disasters 
C)  Promotion of a powerful merchant class 
D)  Protection from marauding nomads 
A)  The need for an offensive base 
B)  Protection against natural disasters 
C)  Promotion of a powerful merchant class 
D)  Protection from marauding nomads

Question 4

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These spotted horses and negative handprints come from which Paleolithic cave?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lascaux 
B)  Apollo 11 
C)  Pech-Merle 
D)  Chauvet 
A)  Lascaux 
B)  Apollo 11 
C)  Pech-Merle 
D)  Chauvet

Question 5

The Neolithic murals at Çatal Höyük demonstrate the continued importance of what activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farming 
B)  Hunting 
C)  Trade 
D)  Warfare 
A)  Farming 
B)  Hunting 
C)  Trade 
D)  Warfare

Question 6

What two basic drawing techniques are evident in the paintings of Lascaux?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black-and-white and negative 
B)  Relief and incised 
C)  Colored silhouette and outline 
D)  Wet and dry pigments 
A)  Black-and-white and negative 
B)  Relief and incised 
C)  Colored silhouette and outline 
D)  Wet and dry pigments

Question 7

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Which would be the most accurate label for this object?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paleolithic human skull overlaid with clay, from Namibia 
B)  Neolithic human skull overlaid with plaster, from Jericho 
C)  Neolithic wooden model with plaster, from Jericho 
D)  Paleolithic ancestor statue of wood and clay, from Lascaux 
A)  Paleolithic human skull overlaid with clay, from Namibia 
B)  Neolithic human skull overlaid with plaster, from Jericho 
C)  Neolithic wooden model with plaster, from Jericho 
D)  Paleolithic ancestor statue of wood and clay, from Lascaux

Question 8

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The use of which material suggests that this object was important to its creator?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wood 
B)  Stone 
C)  Mammoth ivory 
D)  Pebbles 
A)  Wood 
B)  Stone 
C)  Mammoth ivory 
D)  Pebbles

Question 9

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This drawing is an example of what universal Paleolithic painting convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outline technique 
B)  Three-quarter view 
C)  Profile view 
D)  Frontal view 
A)  Outline technique 
B)  Three-quarter view 
C)  Profile view 
D)  Frontal view

Question 10

The fortress town at Jericho could have come into existence only because of the advanced development of which human activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trade 
B)  Agriculture 
C)  Cremation 
D)  Warfare 
A)  Trade 
B)  Agriculture 
C)  Cremation 
D)  Warfare

Exam 1: Art in the Stone Age

What best describes the material of the Ain Ghazal figures?

Which drawing convention for the representation of animals was used almost exclusively in Paleolithic art?

What motivated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?

​ These spotted horses and negative handprints come from which Paleolithic cave?

The Neolithic murals at Çatal Höyük demonstrate the continued importance of what activity?

What two basic drawing techniques are evident in the paintings of Lascaux?

​ Which would be the most accurate label for this object?

​ The use of which material suggests that this object was important to its creator?

​ This drawing is an example of what universal Paleolithic painting convention?

The fortress town at Jericho could have come into existence only because of the advanced development of which human activity?

Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

Egypt From Narmer to Cleopatra

The Prehistoric Aegean

Ancient Greece

The Etruscans

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

Byzantium

The Islamic World

Early Medieval Europe

Romanesque Europe

Gothic Europe North of the Alps

Late Medieval Italy

South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

China and Korea to 1279

Japan Before 1333

Native American Cultures Before 1300

Africa Before 1800

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

Modernism in Europe, 1900 to 1945

Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1333 to 1980

Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980

Oceania Before 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

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These spotted horses and negative handprints come from which Paleolithic cave?

Which would be the most accurate label for this object?

The use of which material suggests that this object was important to its creator?

This drawing is an example of what universal Paleolithic painting convention?