Deck 4: The Prehistoric Aegean

Question 1

What best describes the site of Tiryns?

A) Egyptian outpost
B) Mycenaean fortified palace
C) Minoan trading center
D) Minoan shrine

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which phrase best describes the rendition of the body of Cycladic figurines?

A) Naturalistic
B) Rounded
C) Highly schematized
D) Distinctly monumental

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The heraldic arrangement of the guardian figures of the Lion Gate can also be found in what group of works?

A) Cretan vases
B) Theran paintings
C) Cretan seals
D) Mycenaean vases

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which region of Greece has yielded significant numbers of small marble figurines representing naked women with arms folded over abdomens?

A) The island of Crete
B) The Cyclades
C) The Peloponnesuos
D) The Attic plane

Question 5

The Homeric poems inspired Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of which site?

A) Knossos
B) Atlantis
C) Pylos
D) Troy

Question 6

Which object differs from earlier Minoan and Greek art in its simplified narrative and use of repetitious pattern?

A) Harvesters Vase
B) Warrior Vase
C) Octopus flask
D) Vapheio cup

Question 7

The Mycenaean practice of placing death masks over the deceased's face is reminiscent of which group?

A) Neolithic peoples
B) Newgrange culture
C) Hagar Qim group
D) Egyptians

Question 8

Which of the following works of art provides information about the Minoan religion?

A) Miniature Ships Fresco , Akrotiri
B) Hagia Triada sarcophagus
C) Vapheio cup
D) Syros woman

Question 9

Which architectural form does the Treasury of Atreus exemplify?

A) A Cyclopean fortification
B) A tholos tomb
C) A temple treasury
D) A stone henge

Question 10

How prevalent was large-scale figural art on the Greek mainland During the Mycenaean period?

A) Very abundant
B) Only in temples
C) Nonexistent
D) Very rare

Question 11

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What is the term for the feature above the lintel here?

A) Dromos
B) Beehive
C) Relieving triangle
D) Post

Question 12

What event seems to have brought about the end of the Old Palace period in Minoan art?

A) Volcanic eruption
B) Invasion by the Egyptians
C) Invasion by the Mycenaeans
D) Earthquake

Question 13

Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill. Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?

A) Watercolor
B) True fresco
C) Fresco secco
D) Tempera

Question 14

The use of guardian figures on the Lion Gate is reminiscent of which monument?

A) The Egyptian pylon
B) Mycenaean tombs
C) Pylos frescoes
D) The Akkadian lamassu

Question 15

What is the name art historians give to the style of Minoan pottery in which creamy white and reddish-brown motifs were applied to a black background?

A) Marine Style
B) Akrotiri Ware
C) Keros Ware
D) Kamares Ware

Question 16

Which fortified Mycenaean site includes the Lion Gate?

A) Malia
B) Knossos
C) Mycenae
D) Pylos

Question 17

The Spring Fresco from Akrotiri is the first large-scale example of which genre?

A) Still life
B) Religious cycle
C) Landscape
D) Agricultural calendar

Question 18

Which of the following elements show that the new palace at Knossos was carefully planned?

A) Scarce attention given to rainwater collection and drainage
B) Clusters of rooms of similar function around the central court
C) Single-story building spread widely across the landscape
D) Strong thick walls built of granite blocks and cement

Question 19

Which of the following palatial sites is on Crete?

A) Pylos
B) Tiryns
C) Knossos
D) Troy

Question 20

Which best describes the shape of a Minoan column?

A) A straight shaft with a lotus capital
B) A cylinder wider in the middle than on the bottom or top
C) A straight cylinder with flutes
D) A tapering shape and a bulbous capital

Question 21

What was the central element of a Mycenaean palace plan?

A) Dromos
B) Courtyard
C) Gallery
D) Megaron

Question 22

Which culture produced Kamares Ware?

A) Mycenaean
B) Helladic
C) Minoan
D) Cycladic

Question 23

Aside from wealth, the inlaid dagger blades found in Grave Circle A attest to what aspect of Mycenaean kingship?

A) Its close relationship to Egypt
B) Its warlike nature
C) Its focus on commerce
D) Its ceremonial practices

Question 24

What construction technique was used to make the gallery at Tiryns?

A) Post and lintel
B) Ashlar masonry
C) Corbeled arch
D) Relieving triangle

Question 25

Which of the following appeared on Crete in the Middle Minoan period?

A) Landscape painting
B) Composite view
C) Potter's wheel
D) Palatial complex

Question 26

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Which earlier culture(s) also followed the drawing convention of a frontal eye in a profile head for a human figure?

A) Paleolithic
B) Mesopotamia and Egypt
C) Paleolithic and Neolithic
D) Egypt

Question 27

The complex and extensive plan of the palace at Knossos gave rise to which myth?

A) Achilles in the labyrinth
B) Theseus and the horses
C) Minotaur in the labyrinth
D) Heracles and the Hydra

Question 28

What is an innovative feature of the Minoan Harvesters Vase ?

A) Overlapping figures
B) Frontal eye in profile face
C) Animated facial expressions
D) Composite view

Question 29

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Which description best conveys the artist and the findspot of this object?

A) A Minoan artist and an Egyptian find context
B) A Mycenaean artist and a Minoan find context
C) A Mycenaean artist and a Cycladic find context
D) A Minoan artist and Mycenaean find context

Question 30

What is the subject of much Minoan pottery?

A) Warfare
B) Nature
C) Seafaring
D) Architecture

Question 31

What original decorative component of Cycladic figurines is now almost entirely missing?

A) Textile garments
B) Added wig
C) Paint
D) Gold jewelry

Question 32

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Which component of this object, found at Mycenae, indicates it was created by a Minoan artist?

A) Warlike character
B) Garments
C) Material
D) Findspot

Question 33

What is the primary context of the Akrotiri frescoes?

A) Palaces
B) Houses
C) Tombs
D) Temples

Question 34

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Which culture produced this figure?

A) Mycenaean
B) Cycladic
C) Cretan
D) Minoan

Question 35

What was the preferred subject for much Minoan art?

A) War
B) Religion
C) Nature
D) Hunting

Question 36

What is the material of the Minoan Snake Goddess ?

A) Stone
B) Faience
C) Wood
D) Plaster

Question 37

What is the main subject of the Mycenaean Linear B tables?

A) Trade and foreign contacts
B) Administrative recordkeeping
C) Greek poetry and literature
D) Religious texts and inscriptions

Question 38

Which was the most important architectural component of a Mycenaean palace?

A) Tholos
B) Grave circle
C) Magazine
D) Megaron

Question 39

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What function did this object serve?

A) Throne
B) Fireplace
C) Storage
D) Burial

Question 40

What instrument is being played by the Cycladic Keros musician?

A) Drum
B) Sistrum
C) Flute
D) Harp

Question 41

What is the form of the graves in Grave Circle A at Mycenae?

A) Sarcophagi
B) Cist graves
C) Chamber tomb
D) Shaft graves

Question 42

What fills the relieving triangle of the Lion Gate at Mycenae?

A) Rubble
B) Wooden pyramid
C) Sculpted relief
D) Repoussé image

Question 43

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Which Mycenaean site includes corbel-vaulted galleries in its fortification walls?

A) Mycenae
B) Sparta
C) Pylos
D) Tiryns

Question 44

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The subject of this inlaid dagger is most prevalent in which culture?

A) Minoan
B) Mesopotamian
C) Neolithic
D) Hagar Qim

Question 45

The Minoan La Parisienne is made in what medium?

A) Stone
B) Ivory
C) Fresco
D) Gold

Question 46

What architectural form makes up the Lion Gate at Mycenae?

A) Pylon
B) Post and lintel
C) Tumulus
D) Tholos

Question 47

The tholos tombs of the Mycenaeans are best described by which term?

A) Pyramidal structure
B) Henge structure
C) Corbeled dome structure
D) Trilithic structure

Question 48

Which monument at Mycenae has yielded the most burial goods?

A) Megaron
B) Treasury of Atreus
C) Mastaba of Agamemnon
D) Grave Circle A

Question 49

What best describes the arrangement of the soldiers on the Warrior Vase ?

A) Pyramidal
B) Hierarchy of scale
C) Frieze
D) Non-unified ground line

Question 50

What term is used for the stone fortification walls of such Mycenaean sites as Tiryns and Mycenae?

A) Tower walls
B) Cyclopean masonry
C) Giantoid masonry
D) Skygod courses