Art in Focus

Chapter 6: Art of Earliest Times

Online Quizzes

1
Stonehenge was erected using
A)post and lintel construction.
B)dirt construction.
C)arch construction.
D)Roman construction.
2
Hunters probably believed that by drawing lifelike animals on cave walls they were
A)killing the animals.
B)protecting the animals.
C)strengthening the animals.
D)capturing the animals' strength.
3
Which of the following is the best known example of a Persian Palace?
A)the tower of Hammurabi
B)the Tower of Babel
C)the palace at Persepolis
D)the palace at Babylon
4
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was called
A)the Fertile Crescent.
B)Upper Egypt.
C)Altamira.
D)Lascaux.
5
In the late nineteenth-century, De Sautuola discovered paintings in the caves in
A)Lascaux.
B)Altamira.
C)Paris.
D)Toledo.
6
Neo-Babylonian structures were made of
A)wood.
B)concrete.
C)limestone.
D)clay bricks.
7
The earliest known artworks have been dated to the
A)Neolithic period.
B)Paleolithic period.
C)Akkadian period.
D)Neo-Sumerian period.
8
The most famous ziggurat is
A)Stonehenge.
B)the Ishtar Gate.
C)the Tower of Babel.
D)the Code of Hammurabi.
9
Archeologists determine the ages of prehistoric artifacts using
A)radiocarbon dating.
B)radiocobalt dating.
C)the ages of cave paintings.
D)written accounts of the time.
10
Sumerians are credited with inventing
A)arrows.
B)boats.
C)the arch.
D)the potter's wheel.
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