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