The figures in Poussin’s Et in Arcadia Ego were based on:

classical Greek and Roman figures

Ingres takes liberty with anatomical form in order to ...

emphasize the lines of a woman's body

Why did Eduard Manet create large-scale, controversial works?

to shock the bourgeois audience

How does Caravaggio’s work support ideas of the Counter-Reformation?

shows the miraculous in everyday life

Which is NOT true of Ingres' La Grande Odalisque?

shows respect for non-Western cultures

Which of the following events solidified moderate white support for the civil rights movement?

bombing of Baptist Church in Birmingham

Which of the following best defines myth?

a story that a culture assumes is true

Which is NOT a characteristic of the Baroque art in the Dutch Republic?

large scale paintings for Protestant Churches

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1
Which idea was NOT promoted by Francis Bacon?
increased production
experiments must be repeatable
experimentation
empirical observation
2
The term “Pop Art” came to refer to art that reflects ...
the existential angst of the post war era
the dynamic wave of social protest movements
consumer culture as its theme
the political agenda of the industrial state
3
Which was the outcome of the Scientific Revolution?
emphasis on textual sources for knowledge
increased artistic patronage
spread of Protestantism
economic growth
4
What biblical story did Artemisia Gentileschi paint five times?
the Flood
David and Goliath
the Annunciation
Judith and Holophernes
5
Among the residents of Mesopotamia, which was the only monotheistic group?
the Hebrews
the Akkadians
the Assyrians
the Babylonians
6
Who is a character in William Shakespeare's The Tempest?
Thomas Hobbes
Horatio
Caliban
Lear
7
What is an important symbol in Gothic Churches?
columns
pointed arches
icons
light
8
Which invading group attacked Rome from the north?
the Visigoths
the Lombards
the Huns
the Vikings
9
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Mark Anthony
Trajan
Julius Caesar
Octavian
10
Which of the following is the Greek term for “the good or flourishing life”?
eudaimonia
pistis
arete
energeia
11
Odysseus’s faithful and virtuous wife Penelope represents what essential quality?
siren
hubris
aegis
arete
12
The figures in Poussin’s Et in Arcadia Ego were based on:
classical Greek and Roman figures
stylized late medieval figures
unidealized figures
Mannerist figures
13
Ingres takes liberty with anatomical form in order to ...
recall Counter-Reformation
emphasize the lines of a woman's body
create a monstrous woman
follow neoclassical principles
14
Who was commissioned to rebuild 52 of the churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London?
John Locke
John Milton
Christopher Wren
Tomas Hobbes
15
The mosaics of Justinian and Theodora remind the viewer ...
Follow catholic Church
follow local rulers
of rulers in Constantinople
Follow Constantine
16
Why did Eduard Manet create large-scale, controversial works?
to support revolutions
to embrace nature
to attract attention
to shock the bourgeois audience
17
Charlemagne was the only medieval ruler of ....
the Mediterranean region
Scandinavia
nearly all Western Europe
Eastern and Western Europe
18
Martin Luther taught that Christians should follow ...
Henry VIII
Protestant Bishops
The Bible
Zwingli
19
How does Caravaggio’s work support ideas of the Counter-Reformation?
it is dramatic
it shows weakness of the papacy
it is spiritual
shows the miraculous in everyday life
20
The rise of Protestantism led to all of the following EXCEPT:
increased political turmoil
new subjects in visual art
development of the printing press
new patrons for the arts
21
What was the most characteristic feature of Romantic painting?
Landscapes
The drama
Visible brushstrokes
Portraits
22
Which English monarch lost the throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
James II
Charles I
William III
Charles II
23
What technique did Caravaggio use to add drama to the scene?
tenebrism
foreshortening
chiaroscuro
perspective
24
Who invented microbiology and improved the microscope?
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descartes
Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek
Galileo Galilei
25
Who was considered the chief drafter of the American Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Mason
Thomas Paine
26
Which is NOT true of Ingres' La Grande Odalisque?
Fantasizes about oriental women
suggests Romanticism
is sensuous yet distant
shows respect for non-Western cultures
27
Who imitated Titian's Venus of Urbino?
Monet
Renoir
Manet
Courbet
28
What was the benefit of the flying shuttle?
Mechanized parts
rapid transportation
better ceramics
Larger pieces of cloth
29
On the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta, which of the following is Cupid riding?
a dolphin
a horse
a satyr
a camel
30
Who created LasMeninas and became the only artist permitted to paint Spain’s King PhilipIV?
Francisco de Quevedo
Diego Velasquez
Lope Felix de Vega
Calderon de la Barca
31
Which fashion designer revived the taste for elegance after WWII?
Ralph Lauren
Courege
Coco Chanel
Christian Dior
32
Who is the author of “Tintern Abbey"?
John Constable
William Worsdworth
John Keats
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
33
Who among the Greek playwrights has written comedies?
Aristophanes
Euripides
Sophocles
Aeschylus
34
Multiple architectural orders were incorporated into the Colosseum, including ....
Doric and Ionic
Doric and Composite
Corinthian and Ionic
Composite and Minoan
35
Which best describes the epic Beowulf?
Scandinavian war story
Pilgrimage story
fountain of youth story
story of flood
36
Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats in ancient Rome?
pietas
patricians
plebeians
vigils
37
What is the name of the system whereby the eldest son inherits all property?
nepotism
promogeniture
ex nihilo
sinecure
38
During the 1960s, which U.S.city was considered the center of the civil rights movement?
Birmingham, AL
New York, NY
Berkeley, CA
Chicago, IL
39
Who painted Impression: Sunrise?
Edouard Manet
Camille Pissaro
Claude Monet
Berthe Morisot
40
Which of the following events solidified moderate white support for the civil rights movement?
arrest of marchers in Birmingham
Arrest of Martin Luther King
boycott of Alabama stores and markets
bombing of Baptist Church in Birmingham
41
Which Post-Impressionist artist was most influential to the development of Cubism?
Cezanne
Van Gogh
Seurat
Guaguin
42
What was the purpose or intent of David’s Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard?
Religious devotion
Appeal to the church
Showing his talent
Propaganda
43
Which of the following marks the historical beginning of the Roman Republic?
Aeneas' battle with Turnus
death of Laocoon
death of Remus
ousting of Etruscan kings
44
What is Locke’s assertion in Essay on Human Understanding?
People can govern themselves
rules inhibit freedom
rational humanism leads to progress
the state should be separate from the church
45
In ancient Greek architecture, which of the following orders featured scrolled capitals?
Composite
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
46
Which is considered the first monumental work made through the lost-wax casting technique?
Standard of Ur
Head of an Akkadian Man
the Cylinder Seal of Adda
statues from the Abu Temple
47
In the light of recent evidence, what is the most likely purpose of Stonehenge?
a temple
a burial ground
a crop circle
an astronomical chart
48
Which of the following best defines myth?
a factual recounting of origin
a story that a culture assumes is true
a religious parable
an intentional fabrication
49
Which of the following documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066?
Song of Roland
Beowulf
Bayeux Tapestry
Domesday Book
50
What event caused Versailles to become the unofficial capital of France?
Paris was dangerous
Louis XIV was sick
Louis XIV wanted more power
Louis XIV's court moved there
51
Which is NOT a characteristic of the Baroque art in the Dutch Republic?
large scale paintings for Protestant Churches
popularity of landscapes
popularity of genre scenes
small scale paintings for private homes
52
In Rubens’ The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, the composition forms:
a traingle
two intersecting diagonal lines
a pyramid
a diagonal line
53
Which refers to the masonry structure spanning interior space and shaped like a half cylinder?
voussoir
trumeau
archivolt
barrel vault
54
How was David’s The Oath of the Horatii relevant to his day?
shows strength
shows Protestant uprising
shows devotion to the state
is propaganda
55
In the colossal statue of David, Michelangelo created a body that is...
idealized
elongated
realistic
grotesque
56
Which of the terms refers to a state ruled by a god or by the god’s representative?
monotheism
Theocracy
Henotheism
Polytheism
57
Although Baroque art takes various forms, it is characterized by the attempt to ...
criticize society
involve the viewer
present images objectively
engage theological issues directly
58
Which of the following is NOT true of Bernini’s David?
looks back to Renaissance
has motion and drama
is inspired by a Bible story
Is a realistic depiction
59
Who is the legendary ruler of Crete’s ancient capital, Knossos?
Minos
Agamemnon
Aegeus
Priam
60
Who launched the Protestant Reformation in Germany?
John Calvin
Henry VIII
John Knox
Martin Luther
61
On the Athenian Acropolis, which of the following was considered the centerpiece?
the Erechteion
Temple of Athena Nike
the Propylaia
the Parthenon
62
Which ancient Greek city-state was the home to the Sanctuary of Apollo?
Corinth
Athens
Delphi
Thebes
63
Who is the legendary Minoan queen who gave birth to the Minotaur?
Pasiphae
Ariadne
Aegeus
Daedalus
64
Which of the following is NOT true about the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres?
Stained glass
Rounded Arches
Flying butresses
Symbols
65
Who is considered the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Aristotle
Plato
Homer
Socrates
66
Which is the name for a Greek vase with two handles?
pyx
amphora
labrys
arete
67
How does culture manifest itself?
in architecture
in the geography of a place
in the laws, customs, of a group
in the biology of a people
68
Which artist is most closely associated with a series of paintings of Campbell’s Soup cans?
Tom Wasselmann
Andy Worhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Claes Oldenburg
69
The dome is of Hagia Sophia recalls the engineering brilliance of ...
Temple of Athena
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Pantheon of Rome
treasury of Atreus at Micinae
70
Which of the following words is derived from the Greek word meaning “rule of the people”?
arete
eudaimonia
democracy
anarchy
71
Which one is a religion including many gods associated with natural forces and realms?
henotheism
monotheism
theocracy
polytheism
72
The term Baroque derives from the Spanish and Portuguese word meaning ...
a theatrical prop
a small concave mirror
a smooth circular shell
an irregular pearl
73
Which of the following is NOT true of Fragonard's The Swing?
depicts an amorous scene
shows indulgence of aristocacy
it is flirtatious
shows a serious subject
74
Who made a statue of David out of a cracked marble block?
Donatello
Raphael
Michaelangelo
Leonardo
75
Which can be translated as “virtue” and interpreted as “reaching one’s potential”?
arete
tholos
kyklos
labrys
76
How do the capitals in Hagia Sophia reflect the shift away from Greek and Roman architecture?
drill work
structural function
curved volutes
painted decorations
77
Who was the most prominent member of the dictatorship during the French Revolution?
Jean Paul Marat
Maximilien Robespierre
George-Jacques Danton
Louis Capet
78
Who is the artist who sculpted this?
Leonardo
Donatello
Bernini
Michelangelo
79
Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient Mesopotamia?
The Nile
The Tigris
The Indus
The Yellow
80
What was feudalism modeled on?
code of chivalry
Greek democracy
monastic culture
Roman patronage
81
Which of the following terms refers to the wooden floor of the Colosseum?
vigils
voussoir
insula
arena
82
Who wrote The Discourse on Method and founded deism?
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
83
Which Egyptian leader is credited with unifying both Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
Khufu
Khafre
Djoser
84
Who is most associated with action painting?
Willem de Kooning
Jackson Pollock
Man Ray
Arshile Gorky
85
Titian and Venetian painters generally, are known for their . . .
rigidly geometric and symmetrical compositions.
excellence in drawing
sophisticated use of color
careful use of line
86
Which contributes the most to the spread of intellectual ideas in the 16^th and 17^th centuries?
political stability across Europe
development of scientific method
printing technology
development of merchant class
87
Many ancient texts survived because ...
monks found them in libraries
Charlemagne ordered scribes to copy them
monks valued them
were written on long lasting materials
88
Which of the following provides an accurate translation for memento mori?
reminder of life
reminder of death
reminder of wisdom
hint of happiness
89
Who is the best known representative of Existentialism?
Simone de Beauvoir
Jean Paul Sartre
Sigmund Freud
Franz Fanon
90
Who composed the V Symphony?
Haydn
Mozart
Brams
Beethoven
91
Who is the artist who painted this?
Goya
Velazquez
El Greco
Picasso
92
The anamorphic skull in the center of Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors is ...
death of the ambassador
a memento mori
reminder to honor the dead
showing Holbein's skill
93
The Counter-Reformation was a response to...
Catholic monarchs
the wealthy merchant class
Growth of Protestantism
political instability in Italy
94
Which of the following structures is associated with the oculus?
Column of Trajan
Arch of Titus
Pont du Gard
Pantheon
95
Who painted The Raft of the Medusa?
Francisco Goya
Eugene Delacroix
Theodore Gericault
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
96
Which of the following is the Greek term for city-state?
agora
polis
politeia
acropolis
97
What does Hobbes conclude in Leviathan?
industry is the only hope
humans have to submit to a higher authority
freedom is intellectual
monarchy is divinely ordained
98
When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a church in 1517, he initiated ...
Counter-Reformation
Catholic Reformation
Protestant Reformation
High Renaissance
99
What is the signature stylistic component of Rubens’s work?
drama
mythological figures
political figures
Robust nudes
100
Who showed that the five known planets moved around the sun on elliptical paths?
Antoni van Leewenhoek
Galileo Galilei
rene Descartes
Johannes Kepler

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