Question 1

The fall of Rome moved Europe into what period in history?

Accepted Answer

A)   Romanesque
B)   Medieval
C)   Gothic
D)   Carolingian B

Question 2

Unlike Western buildings the stupa does not include this element.

Accepted Answer

A)   interior
B)   gateway
C)   dome
D)   carved figures A

Question 3

What artistic style and cultural perspective represents idealized perfection rather than real life?

Accepted Answer

A)   Baroque
B)   Classical
C)   Romantic
D)   Buddhist B

Question 4

The earliest extant poem in a modern European language.

Accepted Answer

A)   The Song of Roland
B)   The Divine Comedy
C)   Beowulf
D)   The Mirror of Simple Souls

Question 5

The highest form of all art in Islamic society.

Accepted Answer

A)   calligraphy
B)   architecture
C)   mosaics
D)   sacred scripture

Question 6

The greatest temple built by the Greeks and the prototype for all Classical buildings.

Accepted Answer

A)   Parthenon
B)   Acropolis
C)   Pantheon
D)   Olympian

Question 7

Explain the meaning of the Surah 4 ("The Women")from the Qur'an.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

From the eleventh to the end of the thirteenth century a class of lyric-poet-musicians chiefly in southern France,northern Italy,and northern Spain.

Accepted Answer

A)   monks
B)   troubadours
C)   knights
D)   romantics

Question 9

In this characteristic style of Greek Classical sculpture,the body's weight rests on one leg thereby shifting the hip/shoulder axis and resulting in a subtle play of curves.

Accepted Answer

A)   hieratic
B)   canon
C)   golden proportion
D)   contrapposto

Question 10

Chinese secular painting emphasized what specific themes?

Accepted Answer

A)   human events
B)   historic events
C)   landscapes
D)   gods and goddesses

Question 11

The intent of this artistic style is to create social and spiritual distinction and some distance between the viewer and the image,dealing with proportions.

Accepted Answer

A)   hieratic
B)   hierarchical
C)   totemic
D)   stoic

Question 12

What epic poem tells the story of the founding of Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)   Isthmian Odes
B)   Agamemnon
C)   Aeneid
D)   Iliad

Question 13

How do the sculptures of Imperial Roman Classicism differ from Greek Classicism?

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Question 14

Gothic poet whose poems of courtly love and female heroism championed women.

Accepted Answer

A)   Geoffrey Chaucer
B)   Hildegard of Bingen
C)   Bernat de Ventadorn
D)   Christine de Pisan

Question 15

The first and greatest professional teacher and philosopher in China living almost 1,000 years before Muhammad 500 years before Christ.

Accepted Answer

A)   Buddha
B)   Brahman
C)   Confucius
D)   Allah

Question 16

How do the plays of Euripides differ from those of Sophocles or Aeschylus?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

The most significant characteristic of typical Roman architectural style.

Accepted Answer

A)   dome
B)   arch
C)   post and lintel
D)   columns

Question 18

During the period of the Middle Ages,who assumed the responsibility for transmitting much of the classical knowledge of the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

A)   Christians
B)   Muslims
C)   Buddhists
D)   Romans

Question 19

During the first millennium B.C.E.the Nok style in Nigeria first appeared in what form?

Accepted Answer

A)   clay pottery
B)   iron weapons
C)   carved tools
D)   terracotta sculpture

Question 20

Explain why the sculpture Nike of Samothrace is considered Hellenistic style.

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Exam 10: Artistic Reflections in the Pre-Modern World