Chapter 1 (Prehistoric Art)
1. Paleolithic cave paintings, such as those found in the Hall of the Bulls (1.8), are characterized
by _______.
a. an abundance of abstract images
b. images of humans
c. scenes of birth
d. images of animals
2. In comparing the Woman from Brassempouy (1.13) to the Woman from Willendorf (1.14), the
function of both is most probably ___________.
a. a decorative element in a larger sculptural work
b. a fertility object
c. unknown
d. as a model for the artist
3. In comparison to the Paleolithic Hall of Bulls (1.8), the Neolithic View of Town and Volcano
(1.20) from Çatal Hüyük depicts __________.
a. multiple animal figures in a scene from a hunt
b. a religious ritual
c. a landscape
d. multiple human figures engaged in scenes from daily life
4. The earliest cave paintings at Chauvet date to the ___________ period.
a. Mesolithic
b. Paleolithic
c. Neolithic
d. Jurassic
5. According to the text, the images in the Overlapping animal engravings (1.7) might record
________.
a. migrations
b. shamanism
c. daily life
d. the hunt
6. One interpretation of Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, and Bison (1.4) is that it is a _______.
a. scene painted by women
b. narrative
c. migration scene
d. shaman’s vision
7. A relative date indicates that an object is ________than another.
a. older
b. larger
c. older or more recent
d. smaller
8. Megaliths arranged in circles are known as _______.
a. cromlechs
b. trilithic
c. dolmens
d. menhirs
9. In contrasting the contexts of the Hall of Bulls (1.8) to the stick man at the same site, which of
the following statements is most true?
a. Both were equally accessible.
b. Both were equally inaccessible.
c. The stick man was more accessible than the location of the Hall of the Bulls.
d. The Hall of the Bulls was more accessible than the location of the stick man.
10. Two Bison (1.12) is a good example of ___________.
a. painting
b. relief sculpture
c. sculpture in the round
d. megalithic architecture
11. The bulls’ horns in the scene of the Animal Hunt (1.21) from Çatal Hüyük were probably
associated with ______.
a. solar symbolism
b. earth worship
c. shamanism
d. fertility
12. Post-and-lintel architecture refers to _________.
a. a vertical stone
b. two upright stones supporting a third horizontal capstone
c. huge blocks of stone
d. a dolmen tomb
13. The Female and male figures (1.22) from Cernavoda, Romania were found in a ________.
a. henge
b. house
c. tomb
d. cave
14. The cave paintings at Altamira were originally considered a _____________.
a. religious site
b. great find
c. mystery
d. hoax
15. The presence of a small hole between the front legs of the Horse (1.10) from Vogelherd Cave
suggests that it was a _______.
a. relief sculpture
b. grave good
c. pendant
d. religious object