Question 1
Match the choice that best fits.
heroic virtue and the pursuit of excellence
dialectical method
first-ranking or best of its kind
independently governing city-state
allegory
theory that holds reality lies in the realm of unchanging Forms, rather than in sensory objects
ethics
the human torso turns on the axis of the spine, and the weight of the body shifts from equal distribution on both legs to greater weight on one leg
imperium
Question 2
1 / 1 pts
In the Republic, Plato argued that the best government was a constitutional one ruled by the middle-class.
True
False
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
Although Greek sculptors of the Late Classical Age celebrated the male nude form, they always depicted fully-attired female forms.
True
False
Question 4
1 / 1 pts
The Parthenon was built in the simple and severe Doric architectural style.
True
False
Question 5
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Minoan civilization?
seafaring
bull-leaping
“cyclopean” walls
labyrinthine architecture
Linear A script
Question 6
1 / 1 pts
The Iliad and Odyssey
are heroic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath.
recount the genealogy of the gods.
analyze Greek cosmology.
detail systems for foretelling the truth.
are histories of the Persian Wars.
Question 7
1 / 1 pts
Herodotus was
the founder of Athenian democracy.
the first historian.
an Olympic athlete.
a priest of Apollo.
a natural philosopher.
Question 8
1 / 1 pts
Greek drama probably originated in
religious rituals.
All these answers are correct.
the Peloponnesian War.
enactments of Greek epics.
athletic games.
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
Which philosopher emphasized the underlying numerical proportion of reality?
Thales
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
Democritus
Socrates
Question 10
1 / 1 pts
Aristotle’s contributions include all the following EXCEPT
invention of the dialectical method of reasoning.
the doctrine of the Golden Mean.
treatises on politics, poetics and ethics.
the empirical method of observation.
the classification of plants and animals.
Question 11
1 / 1 pts
Classical Greek painting, sculpture, and architecture emphasized
humanism.
realism.
idealism.
symmetry.
All these answers are correct.
Question 12
1 / 1 pts
Athens is located
on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
in Asia Minor near Miletus.
on the coast of the Aegean Sea.
on the island of Crete.
on the Peloponnesus.
Question 13
1 / 1 pts
Alexander’s conquests included all EXCEPT which of the following regions?
Egypt
Armenia
Palestine
Persia
Arabia
Question 14
1 / 1 pts
Athens’ Golden Age flowered shortly after which historical event?
rule of Alexander the Great
conquest of Troy
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian Wars
Question 15
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following orders is NOT a program of ancient Greek architectural design?
Hellenistic
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Question 16
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following schools of thought was NOT developed in the Hellenistic Age?
Cynicism
Sophism
Epicureanism
Stoicism
Question 17
1 / 1 pts
Context includes all of the following EXCEPT
historical background information
cultural background information
summary
what the artist was reacting to or reacting against during their time
Question 18
12 / 12 pts
Match the choices that best fit with one another.
res publica
“first citizen”
Pax Romana
short pieces of expository prose that examine a single subject
satire
tunnel vault
a rectangular colonnaded hall commonly used for public assemblies, providing the ideal space for courts of law, meeting halls, and market places which might be found in the Roman Forum
paterfamilias
technique by which small pieces of stone or glass are embedded into wet cement surfaces
empirical perspective
the art of making maps
humanities
Question 19
1 / 1 pts
The early Romans were most heavily influenced by
Etruscans and Greeks.
Greeks and Hittites
Egyptians and Greeks.
Phoenicians and Egyptians.
Etruscans and Hittites
Question 20
1 / 1 pts
The farmers and small landowners of ancient Rome were known as
tribunes.
republicans.
plebeians.
patricians.
equestrians.
Question 21
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following statements about Julius Caesar is FALSE?
He was assassinated by imperial senators led by Brutus.
He failed to enact the populist reforms needed to stabilize Rome.
As dictator, he regulated taxes and reduced debts.
He led the Roman army that conquered Gaul.
As dictator, he initiated public works programs.
Question 22
1 / 1 pts
Generally speaking, Stoics such as Seneca believed that
contentment should only be gained by developing intense emotional attachments to fellow humans.
there was no order or sense to human existence.
humans should be guided by their hearts rather than their minds.
happiness lay outside the grasp of human beings.
humans should cultivate rational detachment form the world around them.
Question 23
1 / 1 pts
In Virgil’s epic poem the Aeneid, the hero’s father advises Romans that
they must brutally crush all foreign nations.
they must avoid excessive pride in their country’s accomplishments.
they should wage war for war’s sake.
it was their duty to rule the world.
they have been worshipping false gods and must repent.
Question 24
1 / 1 pts
Juvenal is best known as
an author of love poetry.
a Stoic philosopher.
a comic playwright.
Rome’s leading author of satire.
Rome’s first emperor.
Question 25
1 / 1 pts
The Pantheon
is one of the few buildings from antiquity to survive largely intact.
All the answers are correct.
has a dome with an “eye” open to the sky.
observes the principles of harmony and symmetry laid out by Vitruvius.
was dedicated to the planetary deities.
Question 26
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following monuments is a landmark commemoration of a Roman imperial victory?
Pont du Gard
The Colosseum
Trajan’s Column
the Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius
Maison Carée
Question 27
1 / 1 pts
By 180 C.E. the Roman Empire encompassed which sea, which the Romans called mare nostrum, or “our sea”?
Mediterranean Sea
Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Question 28
1 / 1 pts
By 180 C.E., the Roman Empire included all the following lands EXCEPT
Gallia (France).
Italia (Italy).
Germania (Germany).
Asiana (Asia).
Britannia (Britain).
Question 29
1 / 1 pts
Rome, the capital of the Republic and the Empire, was located in
Britannia (Britain).
Italia (Italy).
Hispania (Spain)
Germania (Germany).
Gallia (France)
Question 30
1 / 1 pts
The Silk Road extended from eastern China to the
Atlantic Ocean.
Black Sea.
Arabian Sea.
Indian Ocean.
Mediterranean Sea.
Question 31
1 / 1 pts
Octavian, who established the Pax Romana, was named Augustus, “the Revered One,” by the Senate.
True
False
Question 32
1 / 1 pts
In contrast to the sculpture of Greece, Roman portraits were more idealized.
True
False
Question 33
1 / 1 pts
Beginning in 508 B.C.E., who had the power to make laws and determine state policy in Athens?
male landowners
soldiers and slaves
adult men and women
elected representatives
the oligarchy
Question 34
1 / 1 pts
The “Black Death” or bubonic plague
killed more than one-third of the population of Europe.
struck the towns hardest.
improved the bargaining power of the surviving laborers and peasants.
All these answers are correct.
was characterized by black boils.
Question 35
1 / 1 pts
The Magna Carta was the basis for
rivalry between the pope and the emperor.
economic improvements in France.
the Holy Roman Empire.
constitutional monarchy in England.
the revival of the Byzantine Empire.
Question 36
1 / 1 pts
All of the following are true of Joan of Arc EXCEPT that
she was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake.
her military success led the English to withdraw from Orléans.
her noble bloodlines ingratiated her with the French king.
she claimed Christian saints bid her to expel the English.
she led the French army into battle against the English.
Question 37
1 / 1 pts
What was the Great Schism?
a split between Catholics and Protestants
a rivalry between two contesting popes
a peasant rebellion after the Black Death
a conflict between kings and popes
a conflict between Rome and Byzantium
Question 38
1 / 1 pts
Who defended the female sex in the Book of the City of Ladies?
Christine de Pisan
Geoffrey Chaucer
Francesco Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Joan of Arc
Question 39
1 / 1 pts
Which painter used light and shade to reintroduce three-dimensionality to western paintings in such works as the Lamentation over Jesus?
Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Ghiberti
Botticelli
Titian
Question 40
1 / 1 pts
According the Machiavelli, it is best for the prince to be
always guided by virtue.
feared.
loved.
hated.
modest and discreet.
Question 41
1 / 1 pts
Brunelleschi developed the laws of
sfumato.
simony.
chiaroscuro.
condottieri.
perspective.
Question 42
1 / 1 pts
All of the following are true of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa EXCEPT that
it unusually places its subject outdoors.
it makes use of sfumato, smoky shades of light.
it depicts the wife of a Florentine merchant.
it presents its subject in three-quarter view.
its subject’s features are recorded in crisp, clear detail.
Question 43
1 / 1 pts
Raphael’s The School of Athens epitomized the Grand Style, which included all the following characteristics EXCEPT
balance.
emotional exuberance.
spatial clarity.
decorum.
unity of design.
Question 44
1 / 1 pts
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam
All the answers are correct.
is the visual analogue of Pico’s view of man.
was commissioned by Pope Julius II.
shows Adam reaching toward God.
is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Question 45
1 / 1 pts
All the following are true of Renaissance music EXCEPT that it
was printed in popular handbooks.
was sometimes polyphonic (many voiced).
abandoned religious subject matters.
was performed by amateurs and professionals alike.
often developed from dance tunes.
Question 46
1 / 1 pts
Venice, an important site of the High Renaissance, is located along the banks of the
Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ionian Sea.
Aegean Sea.
Sea of Marmara.
Adriatic Sea.
Question 47
1 / 1 pts
Florence, an important center of the Renaissance, is located in
central Itlay.
northern Italy, on the Adriatic coast.
the heart of the Papal States.
the island of Sicily.
western Italy, near Rome.
Question 48
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following cities is NOT located along a sea coast?
Venice
Nice
Naples
Genoa
Rome
Question 49
1 / 1 pts
Classical humanism contributed to the secularity of the Italian Renaissance.
True
False
Question 50
1 / 1 pts
Both Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Giotto’s frescoes reflect the new social realism of the fourteenth century.
True
False
Question 51
1 / 1 pts
Ars nova is the name for the revival of Latin and Greek letters is Italy.
True
False
Question 52
1 / 1 pts
Renaissance humanists studied Greco-Roman classics as a rational guide for the fulfillment of human potential.
True
False
Question 53
1 / 1 pts
Pico della Mirandola emphasized man’s lack of free will and his inability to shape himself or his destiny.
True
False
Question 54
1 / 1 pts
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Donatello’s David are both celebrations of the beauty of the human form.
True
False
Question 55
1 / 1 pts
Catullus dedicated some of his poems to a woman he called Lesbia, a nod to the influence of which poet on his work?
Homer
Horace
Sappho
Virgil
Question 56
1 / 1 pts
In contrast with Rome, imperial China under the Qin and Han left no landmark .
large-scale defenses
love poems
epic poems
historical chronicles
Question 57
1 / 1 pts
Romans innovated the use of which building material, which made large-scale architectural constructions much cheaper to build?
steel
marble
granite
concrete
Question 58
1 / 1 pts
The Pantheon was dedicated to whom?
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Caesar
the planetary deities
Augustus
Question 59
1 / 1 pts
The hero of Virgil’s Aeneid is a native of which geographical location?
Rome
Athens
Egypt
Troy
Question 60
1 / 1 pts
The immediate consequence of the assassination of Julius Caesar was .
an end to Rome’s civil strife and establishment of the Pax Romana.
a struggle for power between his first lieutenant and his adopted son.
the restoration of the Roman Republic.
the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Question 61
1 / 1 pts
There is little surviving evidence with which to judge Rome’s accomplishments in the field of .
sculpture
music
literature
architecture
Question 62
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following choices applies to both Han China and the Roman Empire?
produced lengthy historical chronicles
traded by way of Asian intermediaries
All these answers are correct
were comparable in geographic size, power, and prestige
Question 63
6 / 7 pts
Match the choice that best fits.
medium
a repetition of a pictorial element according to a particular design
composition
shaped so that the work stands freely and can be seen from all sides
relief sculpture
mimetic
“rebirth”