Other than the inclusion of a human figure, why is the painting Bird-Headed Man with
Bison so unusual?
a. It portrays a tool.
b. It conveys death.
c. It relays a hunting scene.
d. It tells a story.
Why did the Canadian government outlaw the Winter Ceremony and potlatches in
1885?
a. The ceremonies had resulted in injury and death.
b. The government claimed that the ceremonies promoted prostitution and cannibalism.
c. The elders decided the ceremonies had become meaningless.
d. The tribe voted to adopt Christianity.
To gain access to stockyards and slaughterhouses, Rosa Bonheur had to get police
permission to
a. dissect a cadaver.
b. draw a nude model.
c. wear men’s clothing.
d. take paints into the Louvre.
How did fourteenth-century Humanists view the “middle” ages?
a. as artistically advanced and creative
b. as surpassing the achievements of the ancients
c. as intellectually and culturally stagnate
d. as spiritually unfocused
Which philosophy is evident in Monk Sewing, attributed to Kao Ninga?
a. Zen Buddhism
b. Pure Land Buddhism
c. Shinto
d. Daoism
Which of the following describes Roy Lichtenstein’s work?
a. It satirizes American materialism.
b. It uses imagery found in cartoons and advertisements.
c. It celebrates middle-class social, and material values.
d. It uses precisely structured patterns of lines and colors.
Which is a wood-frame church that has four huge timbers that form the structural core
of the building?
a. stave church
b. basilica
c. hall church
d. cottage church
What were the major commodities traded through the city of Great Zimbabwe?
a. tobacco and silver
b. slaves and traditional masks
c. diamonds and precious stones
d. gold, ivory, and skins
The samurai ruled Japan during which of the following periods?
a. Heian
b. Kamakura
c. Momoyama
d. Edo
Which two conflicting trends increased in prominence in Hellenistic sculpture?
a. realistic and abstract
b. Classical and anti-Classical
c. organic and geometric
d. conservative and liberal
Which of the following is an advantage of using oil paint versus tempera?
a. It did not create unique texture.
b. It created an opaque surface.
c. It takes a longer time to dry.
d. It does not penetrate to lower layers.
What was the area of western Belgium, southwestern Netherlands, and a small part of
northern France called in the fifteenth century?
a. Aquitaine
b. Holy Roman Empire
c. Flanders
d. Aragon
Female figurines from the Paleolithic period typically stress what attribute?
a. the ability to cure
b. the ability to hunt
c. the ability to reproduce
d. the ability to worship
Which of the following is a “great room” or large audience hall in a Mycenaean ruler’s
residence?
a. tholos
b. peristyle
c. megaron
d. pronaos
Which of the following describes the work of Jean Tinguely?
a. polished steel inspired by the formalism of Analytic Cubism
b. a construction of discarded packing boxes, spindles, and other wooden refuse
c. a kinetic sculpture that destroys itself
d. monumentally scaled objects from popular culture
In church architecture, which is the monumental entrance found on Carolingian,
Ottonian, and later churches?
a. transept
b. tribune
c. westwork
d. gallery
Which kind of art must communicate exclusively through formal means, such as line,
shape, color, and texture?
a. realist
b. nonrepresentational
c. abstract
d. intuitive
In 313 CE, Constantine
a. moved the capital to Byzantium.
b. destroyed Jerusalem.
c. legalized Christianity and all religion.
d. was assassinated.
At Hagia Sophia the entire roof structure rests on four massive
a. conches.
b. exedrae.
c. piers.
d. galleries.
What is the significance of Funerary Stele of Amenemhat?
a. It displays the success and harmony of dynastic rule.
b. It represents the politics of the time.
c. It shows military power of the government.
d. It presents unity and confidence.
Which ancient scholar’s work became available to Thomas Aquinas and consequently
changed the Church after the Crusades brought Europe into closer contact with
Byzantium and Islam?
a. Sophocles
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Virgil
The relief sculpture of Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden is a depiction of
a. a military victory celebration.
b. a romantic love scene.
c. an homage to the king.
d. a religious ritual.
Which of the following is the Japanese name for the popular art, usually woodcuts, that
literally means “pictures of the floating world”?
a. fusuma
b. ukiyo-e
c. shikara
d. li
Which architectural order has fluted columns without bases and unadorned capitals?
a. Ionic
b. Corinthian
c. Tuscan
d. Doric
What was the intended audience of the narrative painting, Court of Gayumars?
a. the rulers
b. the laity
c. the imam
d. the elite
Which of the following is a philosophy that emphasizes harmony between humans and
nature?
a. Confucianism
b. Shintoism
c. Daoism
d. Hinduism
What is name for the recess, or niche, in the mosque wall closest to Mecca?
a. mihrab
b. iwan
c. qibla
d. madrasa
Which two great rivers run through Mesopotamia?
a. the Euphrates and the Nile
b. the Indus and the Nile
c. the Nile and the Tigris
d. the Tigris and the Euphrates
The first School of Fontainebleau had a particularly strong influence in which of the
following places?
a. Italy and Sicily
b. Spain and Portugal
c. France and the Netherlands
d. the Germanic states
Which art movement aimed to attack everything old, dull, “feminine,” and safe and
promote the “masculine,” including warfare and speed?
a. Dada
b. Orphism
c. Suprematism
d. Futurism
Which of the following is the Jewish book that contains the first five books of the
Hebrew Bible?
a. Talmud
b. Torah
c. Koran
d. Bible
Which of the following was true of kente cloth?
a. It was made of pounded bark.
b. Only women wore it.
c. Some patterns were restricted to certain classes of people.
d. It could not be traded or sold to non-Ashanti people.
A rotunda is
a. a circular room.
b. a series of columns used in aqueducts.
c. a gathering place for civic events.
d. a sacred temple area used only by the emperor.
Which of the following is the name for a new type of church that developed in the
thirteenth century in Germanic lands?
a. a central-plan church
b. a basilican church
c. a hall church
d. a pilgrimage church
What does “archaic” mean?
a. advanced
b. unique
c. common
d. antiquated