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Humanities - Greece, Etruria and Rome Test

Identify the Following Art Works

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Multiple Choice – circle the complete answer

42) What was the capital of the Minoans?

a) Iraklion b) Akrotiri c) Thera d) Knossos

43) Which of these was NOT a major Aegean Greek civilization?

a) Mycenaeans b) Trojans c) Minoans d) Cycladic

44) Which of these was NOT a group of archaic Greeks?

a) Ionians b) Spartans c) Dorians d) Aeolians

45) Which building had the world’s first plumbing system?

a) Palace of Knossos b) Colosseum c) Baths of Caracalla d) Livia’s Palazzo

46) Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a) Pindar b) Plato c) Thucydides d) Homer

47) What was the main Greek fighting formation?

a) The Legion b) The Phalanx c) The Turtle d) The Pilon

48) Who did the Greeks adopt the alphabet from?

a) The Phoenicians b) The Egyptians c) The Romans d) The Etruscans

49) Who was Minoan civilization named for?

a) King Minoa b) King Noan c) King Minos d) King Mionataur

50) What is considered the most perfect ancient Greek building according to modern architects?

a) Erechtheion b) Propylaia c) Temple of Athena Nike d) The Parthenon

51) Which building has the best natural acoustics in the world?

a) Colosseum b) Pompey’s Theater c) Theater of Epidauros d) Pantheon

52) Which of these was NOT considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic Art?

a) Venus di Milo b) Laocoon c) Winged Victory d) Farnese Bull

53) What date was Julius Caesar assassinated?

54) Which artwork is now the symbol of the city of Rome?

a) Augustus Prima Porta b) She-Wolf c) Colosseum d) Pantheon

55) When was the founding of Rome?

a) April 21, 753 BCE b) April 29, 1965 c) March 5, 776 BCE

56) Who founded the city of Rome?

a) Mars and Venus b) Aeneas c) Romulus and Remus d) It was never lost

57) What country did Rome fight against in the Punic Wars?

a) Punicia b) Phoenicia c) Carthage d) Greece

58) What is the masterpiece of Roman Imperial Art?

a) Colosseum b) Ara Pacis c) Altar of Peace d) Pantheon

59) What was the real name for the Colosseum?

a) Caesar’s Forum b) Imperial Forum c) Flavian Amphitheater d) Colosseum

60) What was the written language of the Mycenaeans called?

a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform

61) What was the written language of the Minoans?

a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform

62) Who was the first Roman Emperor?

a) Augustus Caesar b) Julius Caesar c) Diocletian d) Constantine

63) Which of these is NOT a period of Roman history?

a) Imperial b) Monarchial c) Republican d) Democratic

64) How can you tell a Roman temple apart from a Greek temple?

a) number of steps b) interior cella c) roofing d) number of entrances e) both a and d

65) Which emperor was not a member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty?

a) Augustus b) Tiberias c) Nero d) Claudius e) Titus f) Caligula

66) Which of these was NOT a period of Greek history?

a) Helladic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d) Ionic Age e) Doric Dark Age

Short answers

List 2 characteristics from the following art eras:

67-68 ) Minoan

69-70) Classical Greece

71-72) Hellenistic Greece

73-74) Etruscan Era

75-76) Roman Era

Matching. Place the capital letter in the correct corresponding place

77) 1st triumvirate _____ A) citadel on a hill in Greek city-states

78) idealism _____ B) female statue that serves as a column

79) 1st Roman Civil War _____ C) Greek public square

80) 2nd Roman Civil War _____ D) “general” in Greek, one of 10 leaders in Athens

81) 3rd Roman Civil War _____ E) Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Venus, Mercury

82) Greek Gods _____ F) Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

83) Roman Gods _____ G) first Christian emperor, legalized Christianity

84) pax romana _____ H) emperor during Great Fire of Rome, persecuted

Christians, killed his own mother and his wife

85) veristic _____ I) the sickest, most twisted emperor, made his horse

Consul, had incest with his sister

86) materialism _____ J) Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes

87) acropolis _____ K) first great Western philosopher

88) Hellenes _____ L) “Roman Peace” lasted 200 years from Augustus –

Commodus

89) caryatid _____ M) Octavian Ceasar, Marc Antony, Lepidus

90) contrapposto _____ N) Sulla v Marius, Sulla wins

91) strategos _____ O) Octavian v Marc Antony , Octavian wins

92) fresco _____ P) Caesar v Pompey, Caesar wins

93) Caesar _____ Q) painting on wet plaster upon a wall

94) Nero _____ R) considered greatest military leader in ancient world, defeated the Persians, nicknamed ‘the Great’

95) Augustus _____ S) what the Greeks called themselves

96) Alexander _____ T) true to natural appearance

97) Pericles _____ U) a stance used by the Greeks to show shifted weight,

comes from the Italian word

98) Socrates _____ V) first Roman emperor, changed his name from Octavian, began the pax romana

99) Caligula _____ W) chosen dictator for life, he was assassinated on March

15, 44 BCE, member of 1st triumvirate, defeated Gauls

100) Constantine _____ X) Strategos of Athens during the Golden Age, died of plague

101) 2nd triumvirate ____ Y) Aristotle’s philosophy that said we can gain knowledge

Through using the 5 senses and experiments

102) agora ____ Z) Plato’s philosophy on knowledge that deals with the

World of forms that we were born preprogrammed to

Recognize.

Bonus :

1-3) List 3 Roman innovations

4-6) List 3 names of the imperial forums that could be found in Rome.

Define or identify the following words/people:

7) magna graecia

8) Aeschylus

9) strategos

10) cella

11) Dark Age

12) Golden Age

13) Solon

14) pontifex maximus

15) penates and lares

16) Ludi