2009 Study Guide

Question 1

Which of the following is not on the Athenian acropolis?

A) Erechtheum
B) Temple of Olympian Zeus
C) Temple of Athena Nike
D) Propylaea
D) Propylaea

Answer 1

B) Temple of Olympian

Question 2

Which style of Greek vase painting developed LAST?

A) Red figure
B) Black figure
C) Geometric
D) Orientalizing 
D) Orientalizing

Answer 2

A) Red figure

Question 3

Heinrich Schliemann worked at all of the following sites EXCEPT

A) Mycenae
B) Troy
C) Orchomenos
D)Knossos

Answer 3

D) Knossos

Question 4

Which of these was commissioned by emperor Augustus?

A) Domus Aurea
B)Circus Maximus
C) Ara Pacis
D) Forum Caesaris

Answer 4

C) Ara Pacis

Question 5

Which emperor’s arch was located in the Forum

A) Hadrian
B)Trajan
C)Domus Aurea
D)Forum Caesaries

Answer 5

D) Forum Caesaries

Question 6

The official sculptor of Alexander the Great was:

A) Scopas
B) Lysippus
C) Myron
D) Polyclitus

Answer 6

B) Lysippus

Question 7

The Alter of Zeus from Pergamum has been reconstructed in a museum in

Answer 7

Berlin

Question 8

The Castel Sant’ Angelo in Rome was originally the

Answer 8

Tomb of Hadrian

Question 9

Where did Spyridon Marinatos discovered a well preserved Minoan town in 1967?

Answer 9

Santorini

Question 10

The Masion Carree is a well-preserved example of a(n)

Answer 10

Roman Temple

Question 11

Caryatids are

Answer 11

Sculpted female figures used as columns

Question 12

Which of these statues exists as an original bronze

A) Spear Bearer
B) Farnese Hercules
C) Zeus of Artemesium
D) Discus thrower

Answer 12

C) Zeus of Artemesium

Question 13

Which emperor was an architect

A) Nero
B) Augustus
C)Marcus Aurelius
D)Hadrian

Answer 13

D) Hadrian

Question 14

Which site would you visit to see Roman Insulae

A) Paestum
B) Herculaneum
C) Stabiae
D) Ostia

Answer 14

D) Ostia

Question 15

Pausanias was a(n)

Answer 15

Author of an ancient travel guide

Question 16

Which statement about the equestrain statue of MarcusAuelius is NOT true?

A) It was believed to be a statue of Constantine in the middle Ages
B) The original bronze has been lost
C) The emperor is depicted without weapons or amor
D) A copy of the statue adorns Michelangelo’s Pizza del Campidoglio in Rome

Answer 16

The original bronze

Question 17

The Greek city produced coins depicting a turtle

Answer 17

Aegina

Question 18

The Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos is the best known for his discovery of _________

Answer 18

The tomb of Philip II

Question 19

What was depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon

Answer 19

Athena’s contest with Poseidon

Question 20

Which of these is a well-known painter

Answer 20

Apelles

Question 21

The Kritios Boy

A) Is a rare example of an original bronze sculpture
B) Is the only surviving piece of a large Hellenistic Statue group
C)is an early example of the use of contrapposto
D) decorate the pediment of the temple of Apollo at Bassae

Answer 21

Is a rare example of an original bronze sculpture

Question 22

The Alexander Mosaic was found in

Answer 22

The house of the Faun, Pompeii

Question 23

The temple of Venus Genetrix was located in the Forum of

Answer 23

Julius Caesar

Question 24

A tholos a(n)

Answer 24

Bronze Age tomb

Question 25

The inscription on the Pantheon tells us that it was built by the

Answer 25

Consul Agrippa

Question 26

A clay disc covered with a spiral of stamped symbols was found at this Minoan site:

A) Knosos
B) Malia
C) Zakros
D) Phaistos

Answer 26

Phaistos

Question 27

Diosurides was the favorite _______ of the emperor Augustus

Answer 27

Gem cutter

Question 28

Which city’s walls were constructed from boulders so large that they were called “cyclopean”

A)Knossos
B) Mycenae
C) Troy
D) Akrotiri

Answer 28

Mycenae

Question 29

The emperor is honnored by a column that stands in the center of the Piazza Colonna Rome?

Answer 29

Marcus Aurelius