Characteristics of the sculpture depicting Khafre include

idealized, youthful pharaoh who looks calm

Why did modern Egyptology begin in 1799?

That is the date of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone

He was the first artist whose name is recorded in history

What motivated cultural changes in the Amarna Period?

Religion went from polytheistic to monotheistic

A group of hieroglyphs spelling a pharaoh’s name

The tomb of King Tut is most famous because he

Had a tomb that was not robbed before its discovery

The carvings along the steps that led to the Apadana at Persepolis show

Ambassadors bringing tribute gifts to the king

Art that is "in Situ"

Has never been moved from its original location

The front covering of a building

A large hall with a “forest of columns"

The Stele of Hammurabi represents

a god granting the right to codify and enforce the law

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1
Which detail in this scene refers to mummification?
Two women behind Osirus
Hunefer's white clothing
The white platform
The ankh held by Horus
2
Characteristics of the sculpture depicting Khafre include
Active pose with negative space cut completely away
pharaoh shown killing the leader of his enemies
idealized, youthful pharaoh who looks calm
naturalistic rendering of an aging pharaoh
3
This detail of a sculpture is of
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
4
Which king first united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Khafre
Narmer
Hatshepsut
Assurbanipal
5
Why did modern Egyptology begin in 1799?
That is when King Tut’s tomb was discovered
That is the year the Pyramid of Djoser was explored
That is when Imhotep’s name became known
That is the date of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone
6
Horizontal bands of visual story-telling are called
horor vacuii
registers
heraldic compositions
Composite views
7
What are the symbols of importance that are used to show Hammurabi is above others?
He is speaking one on one with a god
He is being handed a ring and a staff
The stele is over 7 ft. tall
All of the above
8
This sculpture is from the
New Kingdom
Pre-dynastic era
Old Kingdom
Early dynastic era
9
Egyptians believed in an afterlife that was
Available to both the good and the evil
Presided over by Ammit
Presided over by Osiris
A place that offered forgiveness for wrongdoing
10
Who discovered King Tut's Tomb?
Howard Carter
Lord Elgin
Nefertiti
Nomads
11
An entrance to a building with no turns is called
an Amarna plan
an axial plan
A split axis
A narthex
12
What did the ancient Sumerians invent?
All of the above
Mathematics
Farming
Writing
13
Who was Imhotep?
He was the successor of King Tut
He wrote the first history of Egypt
He was the first artist whose name is recorded in history
He was the architect of Hatshepsut’s tomb
14
What motivated cultural changes in the Amarna Period?
Religion went from polytheistic to monotheistic
Nefertiti preferred naturalistic art
Egypt was under attack from the North and South
Religion went from monotheistic to polytheistic
15
Who ordered Hatshepsut removed from history
King Tut
Her brother, Thutmosis III
Her mother, who favored her son over her daughter
The architect of her tomb
16
In Egypt, the life force or spirit is called the
Ka
Temple
Book of the Dead
Sepulchre
17
How many times does Hunefer appear in the Book of the Dead?
2
3
1
4
18
Wide open eyes in a Sumerian sculpture show
Eternal worship
Fear
Interest in the afterlife
Knowledge of suffering
19
This is a parody of
The Apadana of Darius and Xerxes
The Seated Scribe
King Tut's Tomb
The Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
20
What is a cartouche?
An Egyptian military general
A group of hieroglyphs spelling a pharaoh’s name
The burial chamber in a pyramid
A stone coffin
21
A Sepulchre is
A stone coffin
Art that is crowded with figures
A home for Osirus
A city of the dead
22
What did scenes showing a pharaoh hunting wild animals symbolize?
Triumph of good over evil
Strength
Cruelty of the pharaoh
weakness of the enemy
23
An architectural style where angular changes are needed to reach an entrance is called
A ziggurat
A hypostyle plan
A bent-axis-plan
An axial plan
24
The tomb of King Tut is most famous because he
Was the pharaoh with the longest reign
Was the pharaoh who imposed monotheism
Was a major pharaoh of the New Kingdom
Had a tomb that was not robbed before its discovery
25
Darius and Xerxes created a large complex of buildings at
Cairo
Persepolis
Ur
Babylon
26
Who was the greatest builder of the new kingdom?
Cleopatra
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
27
The carvings along the steps that led to the Apadana at Persepolis show
The king killing lions
Ambassadors bringing tribute gifts to the king
Votive figures offering prayers
The king victorious in battle scenes
28
Art that is "in Situ"
Has never been moved from its original location
Shows a pharaoh under the protection of a god
Has a funerary purpose
29
A Façade is
The covering on a mummy
The front covering of a building
A column with no structural purpose
The symbol of life
30
The Standard of Ur shows
Humiliation of prisioners
Both war and peace
Heirarchy of scale
All of the above
31
The servant depicted behind Narmer in the Palette of Narmer
Holds the god Horas, shown as a hawk
Has defeated enemies under his feet
Carries the head of a defeated enemy
Holds Narmer’s sandals
32
A lamassu is
a Votive figure
Always in situ
A guardian figure
a form of writing
33
A Hypostyle Hall is
A funerary temple
A large hall with a “forest of columns"
The place where the heart is weighed in the afterlife
A city of the dead
34
Who was the female ruler of the 18^th Dynasty?
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Cleopatra
35
This shows Hunefer's afterlife
False
True
36
The symbols of a united Egypt were
A scarab and a sepulchre
A cobra and a bull
Lotus and papyrus
An Ankh and a lotus
37
The representation of the fundamental distinguishing properties of a person
composite view
register
heraldic composition
hierarchy of scale
38
The Stele of Hammurabi represents
the coronation of the ruler
the gods granting the right to conquer others
a god granting the right to codify and enforce the law
the politics of Sumer and Babylon
39
What was the original function of the sculpture of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Daughters?
An altar for the queen
An altar for his burial chamber
A decorative panel for public space
An altar for a private home
40
During which age did we see the birth of monumental architecture?
New Kingdom
Pre-dynastic
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom

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