Art&Culture
What is likely to be the purpose of Stonehenge?
A burial ground
Included on the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta, what is Cupid riding?
A dolphin
Which of the following best defines myth?
A story a culture assumes is true
What kind of animal reputedly saved Romulus and Remus?
A wolf
Which of the following is not among Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?
Acquiring material things is the key to overcoming and eliminating ignorance?
What is the Arab word for God?
Allah
Which feature in the Christian church housed the altar?
Apse
Which term refers to the sand that covered the floor of the Colosseum?
Arena
What is translated as "surrender" or "submission"?
Islam
What is the modern name for Constantinople?
Istanbul
After the Hagia Sophia burned to the ground in 532, which included a giant new Hagia Sophia in his massive campaign to rebuild Constantinople?
Justinian
In ancient Egyptian religion, which of the following was comparable to an enduring "soul" or "life force," a concept shared by many other religions?
Ka
Which of the following terms refers to what the Zuni Pueblo people consider deified spirits who manifest themselves in performance and dance?
Kachinas
Who is considered the author of The Way of Life, which is Daoism's primary philosophical treatise?
Lao Zi
Which of the following terms refers to one of the "big stones" used in the construction of a site such as Stonehenge?
Megalith
Who among the following is recognized as the original human author of the Hebrew Torah?
Moses
Which of the following ancient Egyptian leaders ruled circa 3,000 B.C.E. and is credited with unifying both Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
In the typical early Christian church, by what name was the entrance hall known?
Narthex
In what location did Constantine convene the first ecumenical council?
Nicaea
Which term refers to a place or state free from worry, pain, and the external world?
Nirvana
On which of the following continents did the Anasazi build their cliff dwellings?
North America
In ancient Egyptian religion, which of the following ruled the underworld and was god of the dead?
Osiris
Who is the author of Metamorphoses?
Ovid
Whose writings did Augustus NOT view favorably, resulting in this writer's permanent banishment from Rome?
Ovid
Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome?
Patricians
Which of the following is NOT the location of a cave in which ancient paintings have been discovered?
Pitlochry, Scotland
Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome?
Plebians
Which of the following terms refers to a religion that includes many gods and goddesses often associated with natural forces and realms?
Polytheism
Which term is the Chinese term for the unifying principle in all of nature?
Qi
Ravenna's church of San Vitale includes a celebrated mosaic that features Empress Theodora with members of her court. What is the type of perspective in this work called?
Reverse perspective
Which of the following identifies the Jewish philosophical sect that included a group of Jews who lived at Qumran and are associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Sadducees
Which of the following stone materials is NOT among those selected to create funerary images in ancient Egypt?
Sandstone
Which of the following leaders guided the Akkadians to conquer virtually all other cities in Mesopotamia and named himself "King of the Four Quarters of the World"?
Sargon
Which of the following is the son of King David and is also the person who built the magnificent temple in Jerusalem?
Solomon
Which structure was built on the sites of the burning bush through which God spoke to Moses?
St. Catherine's Monastery
Which term refers to a type of burial mound erected by the emperor Ashoka and served as reliquaries for the Buddha's remains?
Stupa
Which of the following ancient cultures lived in cliff dwellings and considered the kiva, a partly underground ceremonial enclosure with a hole in the floor that symbolizes the emergence of the people from the underworld?
The Anasazi
Which of the following armies captured Jerusalem, destroyed its temple, and deported many of the Hebrews?
The Babylonians
Which was the first Western autobiography?
The Confessions
Which of the following is considered the first existing monumental work made through the lost-wax casting technique?
The Head of an Akkadian Man
Among the following residents of Mesopotamia, which was the only monotheistic group?
The Hebrews
In a traditional mosque, which feature commemorates the spot at Medina where Muhammad planted his lance to indicate the direction in which people should pray?
The Mihrab
Which of the following structures is associated with the oculus?
The Pantheon
Which river is associated with the city of Rome?
The Tiber
Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient Mesopotamia?
The Tigris
During what ancient Chinese dynasties were the Book of Changes and the yin-yang codified and written down?
The Zhou Dynasty
Which of the following marks the historical beginning of the Roman Republic?
The expulsion of the Etruscan kings
What is the name of the unique architectural feature of the Hagia Sophia?
The pendentive
What are the paintings in Chauvet known especially for?
Their naturalism
Which of the following terms refers to a state ruled by a god or by the god's representative?
Theocracy
What is the name for the aisle which crosses the nave?
Transept
Which of the following pairs correctly identifies the subjects illustrated in the two main panels of the rectangular box known as the Standard of Ur?
War and Peace
Where was evidence of the earliest hominids found?
Ethiopia
From what Old Testament book did Emperor Leo III draw support for his assertion that God had prohibited religious images in the Ten Commandments?
Exodus
Which Christian symbol is derived from the Greek word ichthys?
Fish
Which of the following archangels delivered the recitations from God to Muhammad?
Gabriel
Which refers to the Muslim's obligation to undertake a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Hajj
Which of the following did the emperor Ashoka NOT accomplish?
He provided the Buddha with an income that helped establish hospitals for the rural poor.
Which refers to Muhammad's "journey" when he and his followers fled Mecca to the oasis of Yathrib, which they renamed al-Medina?
Hegira
Which of the following terms refers to the pictorial convention in which the most important figures are represented in a larger size than the others?
Hieratic of scale
What is the English translation for Hagia Sophia?
Holy Wisdom
Which term refers to the practice of destroying religious images?
Iconoclasm
Which of the following terms refers to the wax death masks used to create the high level of naturalism in portrait busts?
Imagines
How does culture manifest itself?
In the laws, customs, ritual behavior, and artistic productions of a group
Which term is NOT among the traditional Chinese values according to Confucianism?
Intellectual curiosity
Which term refers to a person who is very near total enlightenment and, before crossing over to Nirvana, vows to help others strive toward it?
Bodhisattva
Which term can be translated as "Enlightened One"?
Buddha
Which term refers to Muhammad's series of successors who assumed political and religious authority following the death of the Prophet?
Caliphs
Which term refers to the art of producing artistic, stylized writing?
Calligraphy
Who was the Roman rhetorician who recognized the power of the Latin language to communicate with the people?
Cicero
In the typical early Christian church, by what name was the zone with windows that lit the length of the church?
Clerestory
Which term can be translated as "the path of truth"?
Dhammapada
Which term refers to good and righteous conduct reflecting the cosmic moral order that underlies all existence?
Dharma
Which order of architecture is NOT included in the levels of the Colosseum?
Doric
In what modern nation is St. Catherine's Monastery located?
Egypt
