Deck 6: The Etruscans

Question 1

Etruscan terracotta sarcophagi showing life-size reclining figures are most typical of which of the following centuries?

A) Second century BCE
B) First century BCE
C) Sixth century BCE
D) Ninth century BCE

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The banquet seen in the Tomb of the Leopards takes place in which of the following settings?

A) Private home
B) In the open air
C) Council chamber
D) Palace dining room

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What tomb type appears in the Etruscan cemetery at Cerveteri?

A) Pyramid
B) Tumulus
C) Tholos
D) Shaft grave

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following made a significant contribution to the downfall of the Etruscans?

A) Lack of wealth
B) Absence of skilled artisans
C) Lack of access to trade
D) Political disconnectedness

Question 5

What provided the impetus for the transformation of Etruscan society in the Orientalizing period?

A) An alliance with Greek colonies in Italy
B) Alliance with Republican Rome
C) The region's mineral wealth
D) A strong navy

Question 6

Etruscan temples have columns closest to which Greek order?

A) Ionic
B) Corinthian
C) Composite
D) Doric

Question 7

In Etruscan iconography, which of the following symbolized regeneration?

A) Wine
B) Bird
C) Bee
D) Egg

Question 8

The theme celebrated in both the Tomb of the Leopards and the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing is which of the following?

A) The sorrow of death
B) Victory in battle
C) The joy of life
D) Yearning for death

Question 9

What do art historians believe accounts for the somber expression of Lars Pulena on his sarcophagus?

A) The family was Roman and did not follow Etruscan funeral practices.
B) Solemnity was required in funereal contexts.
C) The artist was not skilled in portraying emotion via sculpture.
D) This mood referenced the decline in Etruscan fortunes.

Question 10

In what century did Etruria become fully absorbed by Rome?

A) Second century CE
B) First century BCE
C) Fifth century BCE
D) Third century CE

Question 11

Which of the following works of art illustrates how Romanized the Etruscans had become by the first century BCE?

A) Sarcophagus with reclining couple
B) Aule Metele
C) Apollo of Veii
D) Chimera of Arezzo

Question 12

The wide overhang roof of the Etruscan temple could function as which of the following?

A) A sculptural mass
B) A misunderstanding of a Greek form
C) A second ceremonial location
D) A place of shelter

Question 13

Unlike Greek temples, Etruscan temples were not meant to be seen as sculptural masses from every possible angle. Which of the following statements supports this?

A) Columns completely encircled the structure.
B) The entrance was centered at the front of the structure.
C) The front and rear of the structure were indistinguishable.
D) Narrowed staircases were found on all four sides of the structure.

Question 14

Which city was the production center for the bronze cista industry?

A) Rome
B) Palestrina
C) Tarquinia
D) Veii

Question 15

Which type of Etruscan funerary monument had no parallel in Greece?

A) Cista
B) Sarcophagus
C) Tumulus
D) Pyramid

Question 16

On which part of their temples did the Etruscans place their architectural sculpture?

A) The double niches on the porches
B) In the pediments
C) In the long friezes
D) The edges and ridge of the roof

Question 17

What is the most likely source for the Orientalizing motifs on fibula excavated from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb?

A) Rome
B) India
C) Mesopotamia and Persia
D) Greece

Question 18

The Etruscans preferred to use which of the following materials for their sculpture?

A) Marble
B) Terracotta
C) Gold
D) Granite

Question 19

Which of the following is the best description of Etruscan artistic style?

A) A combination of stability and calm
B) A combination of rigid frontality and symmetry
C) A mass of cylindrical forms
D) A combination of motion and vitality

Question 20

Etruscan artisans were particularly skillful in which art form?

A) Marble sculpture
B) Intarsia
C) Metalworking
D) Weaving

Question 21

What aspect of the bronze statue of Aule Metele is Etruscan?

A) Short toga
B) Raised arm
C) High boots
D) Inscribed name

Question 22

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What is the name of this bronze statue?

A) Cerberus of Veii
B) Chimera of Arezzo
C) Capitoline Wolf
D) Chimera of Caere

Question 23

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To which period of Etruscan art does this sarcophagus belong?

A) Villanovan
B) Hellenistic
C) Archaic
D) Orientalizing

Question 24

The independent spirit and relative freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women was shocking to which of the following?

A) Egyptian scribes
B) Etruscan male authors
C) Greco-Roman male authors
D) The Roman pantheon

Question 25

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What is the material of the object shown?

A) Painted marble
B) Painted wood
C) Painted terracotta
D) Faience and niello

Question 26

What is the decoration of the Tomb of the Reliefs?

A) Reliefs showing portraits of the ancestors
B) Painted friezes of dancing people
C) Reliefs showing everyday household items
D) Landscape scenes carved along the walls

Question 27

Apulu ( Apollo of Veii ) is made of which of the following materials?

A) Bronze
B) Marble
C) Terracotta
D) Wood

Question 28

How did the Etruscans typically bury their dead?

A) On high mountaintops
B) In tomb groups in a city of the dead
C) In columbaria within the city limits
D) In catacomb tunnels outside the city walls

Question 29

Most architectural sculpture was made to decorate what part of the Etruscan temple?

A) The pediment
B) The entryway
C) The colonnades
D) The roof

Question 30

Which of the following mythical scenes decorated the Ficoroni Cista ?

A) Medusa and Perseus
B) Lapiths and centaurs
C) The gods versus the giants
D) The Argonauts

Question 31

The wall painting in the Tomb of the Leopards portrays which of the following?

A) Hunting scene
B) Banqueting scene
C) Funeral procession
D) Birds and waterfowl

Question 32

Where was the Apollo of Veii originally set up?

A) Beside a tomb
B) On a temple roof
C) In a marketplace
D) In a temple pediment

Question 33

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What is the name of the Etruscan tomb from Cerveteri?

A) Tomb of the Leopards
B) Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
C) Tomb of the Shields and Chairs
D) Tomb of the Reliefs

Question 34

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What is the name of this object?

A) Pectoral
B) Hat pin
C) Earring
D) Fibula

Question 35

Who or what is Tinia?

A) Lady of Vulci
B) Greek goddess
C) Etruscan god
D) Etruscan city

Question 36

At which Etruscan city site have archaeologists been able to work with periscopes to identify tombs with painted murals?

A) Cerveteri
B) Arezzo
C) Tarquinia
D) Perugia

Question 37

The Etruscans preferred to use what building material(s) for their temples?

A) Glazed brick and cement
B) Wood and mud-brick
C) Marble
D) Limestone

Question 38

In what component did the Etruscan temple plan most greatly differ from the Greek temple plan?

A) It had a Doric frieze.
B) It had no roof.
C) It had no side colonnades.
D) It had three cellas.

Question 39

Which detail of the Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars) may be termed the most Etrusco-Roman, as opposed to Greek?

A) Pilaster
B) Marble
C) Arch
D) Bronze statues

Question 40

Which Etruscan tomb is famous for the many luxurious objects it yielded?

A) Tomb of the Reliefs
B) Tomb of the Leopards
C) Regolini-Galassi Tomb
D) Ficoroni Tomb

Question 41

What is the name of the only Etruscan artist to be mentioned in ancient literature?

A) Apulu
B) Exekias
C) Vulcan
D) Vitruvius

Question 42

What art historical term best describes the Chimera of Arezzo ?

A) Heraldic creature
B) Composite creature
C) Gorgoneion
D) Colossal creature

Question 43

Which animals appear most prominently in the diver scene from the Tomb of the Hunting and Fishing?

A) Fish
B) Rabbits
C) Deer
D) Birds

Question 44

What does the inscription on the Ficoroni Cista tell us?

A) Place of manufacture
B) Names of the figures in the scene
C) Names of the gods it is dedicated to
D) Artist and purchaser

Question 45

What term do art historians use to denote an engaged column?

A) Daedalic
B) Pilaster
C) Retrograde
D) Tuscan column

Question 46

What was the most common means of disposing of the dead in early Italy?

A) Burial at sea
B) Ossuaries
C) Cremation
D) Interment

Question 47

Which body parts tend to be overlarge and pronounced in Etruscan tomb paintings?

A) Heads
B) Eyes
C) Hands
D) Noses

Question 48

Which best describes the lives of Etruscan women and Greek women?

A) Etruscan women stayed in the home, but Greek women accompanied their husbands to banquets and other entertainment.
B) Greek and Etruscan women accompanied their husbands to banquets and other entertainment.
C) Greek women stayed in the home, but Etruscan women accompanied their husbands to banquets and other entertainment.
D) Greek and Etruscan women preferred to stay apart from society.

Question 49

To what period do art historians now date the Capitoline Wolf ?

A) Etruscan Orientalizing
B) Roman Republican
C) Early Imperial
D) Medieval

Question 50

Which category best describes the height of the Apollo of Veii ?

A) Miniature (one-third life size)
B) Life size
C) Colossal (five times life size)
D) Double size (twice life size)