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

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

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

Question 4

​

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

Accepted Answer

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

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

Question 7

​

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

Question 8

​

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

Question 9

​

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

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

Exam 1: Art in the Stone Age