Question 1

Discuss the iconography on the Carved Vessel from Uruk.

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Essay responses should include these points:
•	The narrative is organized into three different registers on the soft, white alabaster.
•	The story is told is reduced to the essential elements.
•	The lower register shows the sources of life in the natural world, whereas, the middle register shows naked men carrying baskets.
•	The top register shows the goddess Inanna accepting offerings.
•	The scene may represent a reenactment of the ritual marriage between the goddess and her consort, Dumuzi.

Question 2

In some works of art,the size of the figures denotes their importance.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  hierarchic scale.
B)  iconography.
C)  stylization.
D)  abstraction. A

Question 3

A tall stepped structure in Mesopotamia with a shrine on the top is a

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A)  pyramid.
B)  temple.
C)  ziggurat.
D)  necropolis. C

Question 4

The relief sculpture of Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden is a depiction of

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A)  a military victory celebration.
B)  a romantic love scene.
C)  an homage to the king.
D)  a religious ritual.

Question 5

As seen in the carved vessel from Uruk,the horizontal bands where visual narratives are displayed are known as

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A)  brackets.
B)  bays.
C)  registers.
D)  pillars.

Question 6

Which part of Persepolis could hold thousands of people?

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A)  the treasury
B)  the Apadana
C)  the palace
D)  the ziggurat

Question 7

Explain how the iconography of the Stele of Naram-Sin speaks to the greatness of Naram-Sin.

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Question 8

Describe the purposes and medium for cylinder seals.

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Question 9

The Persians laid out Persepolis in a rectangular grid.From whom did they borrow this tradition?

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A)  the Babylonians and Indians
B)  the Romans and Carthaginians
C)  the Greeks and Egyptians
D)  the Japanese and Chinese

Question 10

Who ultimately put an end to the Persian Empire?

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A)  the Etruscans
B)  the Romans
C)  the Greeks
D)  the Egyptians

Question 11

Which adjective would best describe Sumerian votive figures?

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A)  cylindrical
B)  spherical
C)  rectangular
D)  triangular

Question 12

Which of the following is the term for the traditional ways of representing forms?

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A)  homages
B)  salutations
C)  registers
D)  conventions

Question 13

The Sumerians worshiped many gods,among them Inanna,the goddess of

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A)  love and beauty.
B)  love and happiness.
C)  love and death.
D)  love and war.

Question 14

Who was the most well-known Neo-Babylonian ruler?

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A)  King Croesus
B)  Nebuchadnezzar II
C)  Xerxes I
D)  Darius I

Question 15

The world's oldest recorded code of law is found on the

Accepted Answer

A)  Stele of Naram-Sin.
B)  Votive Statue of Gudea.
C)  the Carved Vessel from Uruk.
D)  Stele of Hammurabi.

Question 16

The Stele of Naram-Sin commemorates

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A)  a military victory.
B)  the dedication of Naram-Sin's palace.
C)  the first law code.
D)  the grave of Naram-Sin.

Question 17

A small stone,decorated with incised patterns,that makes an identifying "signature" when rolled across soft clay or wax is called a

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A)  cylinder seal.
B)  capital.
C)  stele.
D)  cairn.

Question 18

What is the name for an early form of writing using wedge-shaped marks?

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A)  hieroglyphic
B)  cuneiform
C)  pictograph
D)  hieratic

Question 19

Discuss the formal characteristics of the lamassu figures?

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Question 20

Which culture strongly influenced the Assyrians?

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A)  Sumerian
B)  Babylonian
C)  Egyptian dAkkadian

Exam 2: Art of the Ancient Near East