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

classical Greek and Roman figures

How does culture manifest itself?

in the laws, customs, of a group

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

large scale paintings for Protestant Churches

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

to shock the bourgeois audience

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

bombing of Baptist Church in Birmingham

In Rubens’ The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, the composition forms:

two intersecting diagonal lines

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

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