Question 1

What were most of the buildings in Kalhu built from?

Accepted Answer

A)  cut marble 
B)  alabaster 
C)  bitumen 
D)  mud bricks 
A)  cut marble 
B)  alabaster 
C)  bitumen 
D)  mud bricks D

Question 2

What types of Persian art show the Persians' high level of technical and artistic sophistication?

Accepted Answer

The capital Persepolis and the relief carvings show a wide variety of media,scale,and narratives.

Question 3

Discuss the development of Mesopotamian architecture and city development from Sumer to Persia.

Accepted Answer

1.Ziggurats were the first monumental architecture to imply a relationship between humans and gods.
2.Large temples and palace complexes throughout Mesopotamian cultures emphasize physical height and the symbolic significance of walking up stairs or ramps.
3.Relief carvings and large sculptures increasingly decorated temples and palace complexes to valid rulers.
4.Walls and elaborate gates were a feature of later Mesopotamian culture.

Question 4

How did agriculture change the face of culture in the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

The area began to be developed into city

Question 5

What did the Sumerians use to produce cuneiform writing?

Accepted Answer

A)  stylus 
B)  seal 
C)  picture stamp 
D)  chisel 
A)  stylus 
B)  seal 
C)  picture stamp 
D)  chisel

Question 6

What was at the top of the Anu ziggurat White Temple?

Accepted Answer

A)  scenes of military victories 
B)  a living quarters for priests 
C)  giant columns 
D)  a simple rectangle with an off-center doorway 
A)  scenes of military victories 
B)  a living quarters for priests 
C)  giant columns 
D)  a simple rectangle with an off-center doorway

Question 7

What does the uppermost scene of the Carved Vessel from Uruk represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  the birth of a goddess 
B)  a ritual burial 
C)  a re-enactment of a ritual marriage 
D)  the signing of a peace treaty 
A)  the birth of a goddess 
B)  a ritual burial 
C)  a re-enactment of a ritual marriage 
D)  the signing of a peace treaty

Question 8

Which culture controlled most of Mesopotamia by the end of the ninth century BCE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assyrian 
B)  Persian 
C)  Hittite 
D)  Babylonian 
A)  Assyrian 
B)  Persian 
C)  Hittite 
D)  Babylonian

Question 9

Discuss the form,iconography,and style of the figure of Gudea as seen in Figure 2-12 in the text.

Accepted Answer

1.Gudea is shown as a strong,youthful le

Question 10

The first domestication of grains occurred in the area known as the

Accepted Answer

A)  Fertile Crescent. 
B)  Kalhu. 
C)  Zagros Mountains. 
D)  Persia. 
A)  Fertile Crescent. 
B)  Kalhu. 
C)  Zagros Mountains. 
D)  Persia.

Question 11

Consider the style and purpose of the female figures portrayed in Head of a Woman ,Carved Vessel ,and Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden .What do these images suggest about the role of women in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

1.Women were not held in as high regard

Question 12

What original element of the Head of a Woman symbolizes the purity of the figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  the wooden body 
B)  a gold wig 
C)  inlaid eyes 
D)  the marble face 
A)  the wooden body 
B)  a gold wig 
C)  inlaid eyes 
D)  the marble face

Question 13

In the image of Enemies Crossing the Euphrates to Escape Assyrian Archers ,what device is used to convey spatial depth?

Accepted Answer

A)  closed outlines 
B)  different viewpoints 
C)  large-scale animals 
D)  overlapping swimmers 
A)  closed outlines 
B)  different viewpoints 
C)  large-scale animals 
D)  overlapping swimmers

Question 14

What did the low relief scenes on the walls at Kalhu portray?

Accepted Answer

A)  war campaigns and lion hunts 
B)  abstract, geometric motifs 
C)  bulls and the god Marduk 
D)  judgments and punishments 
A)  war campaigns and lion hunts 
B)  abstract, geometric motifs 
C)  bulls and the god Marduk 
D)  judgments and punishments

Question 15

In the ancient Near East,why was there a need to control the water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia developed between two rivers

Question 16

In the Stele of Hammurabi,Hammurabi stands before the seated god Shamash in an attitude of

Accepted Answer

A)  submission. 
B)  defeat. 
C)  prayer. 
D)  solidarity. 
A)  submission. 
B)  defeat. 
C)  prayer. 
D)  solidarity.

Question 17

What story does the Stele of Naram-Sin tell?

Accepted Answer

The ruler has been successful

Question 18

The lion hunting scene of Assurnasirpal II marks a shift in Mesopotamian art from a sense of timeless solemnity toward greater

Accepted Answer

A)  political content. 
B)  emotional drama. 
C)  historical accuracy. 
D)  interest in individuals. 
A)  political content. 
B)  emotional drama. 
C)  historical accuracy. 
D)  interest in individuals.

Question 19

How is trade exemplified in the Great Lyre with Bull's Head ?

Accepted Answer

Many of the media had to be im

Question 20

Why was Mesopotamia vulnerable to political upheaval?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia was vulnerable to

Exam 2: Art of the Ancient Near East

What were most of the buildings in Kalhu built from?

What types of Persian art show the Persians' high level of technical and artistic sophistication?

Discuss the development of Mesopotamian architecture and city development from Sumer to Persia.

How did agriculture change the face of culture in the Fertile Crescent?

What did the Sumerians use to produce cuneiform writing?

What was at the top of the Anu ziggurat White Temple?

What does the uppermost scene of the Carved Vessel from Uruk represent?

Which culture controlled most of Mesopotamia by the end of the ninth century BCE?

Discuss the form,iconography,and style of the figure of Gudea as seen in Figure 2-12 in the text.

The first domestication of grains occurred in the area known as the

Consider the style and purpose of the female figures portrayed in Head of a Woman ,Carved Vessel ,and Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden .What do these images suggest about the role of women in Mesopotamia?

What original element of the Head of a Woman symbolizes the purity of the figure?

In the image of Enemies Crossing the Euphrates to Escape Assyrian Archers ,what device is used to convey spatial depth?

What did the low relief scenes on the walls at Kalhu portray?

In the ancient Near East,why was there a need to control the water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

In the Stele of Hammurabi,Hammurabi stands before the seated god Shamash in an attitude of

What story does the Stele of Naram-Sin tell?

The lion hunting scene of Assurnasirpal II marks a shift in Mesopotamian art from a sense of timeless solemnity toward greater

How is trade exemplified in the Great Lyre with Bull's Head ?

Why was Mesopotamia vulnerable to political upheaval?

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