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Chapter 2: PREHISTORIC ART
1. In the cave paintings at Lascaux, the animals are:
a. depicted quite abstractly
b. naturalistic in style
c. crudely drawn
d. in scenes with hunters
2. The Lascaux paintings of animals clearly show:
a. foreshortening
b. crude and unnaturalistic use of colors
c. awareness of animal forms in nature
d. emphatic exaggeration of feet and eyes
3. The prehistoric cave paintings discovered near Altimira in 1879:
a. were quickly determined to be authentic
b. depicted figures of hunters
c. included depictions of fish and birds
d. depicted bison
4. Which of the following was significant in the history of the Paleolithic era?
a. use of refined stone tools
b. retreat of the glaciers
c. isolation of nomadic groups from each other
d. widespread differences in art expression
5. Human imagination in painting or sculpting cave art was stimulated by:
a. executing on the dirt floor copies of cave art work
b. capitalizing on natural protrusions in the cave
c. developing forms from uncontrolled scribbling
d. ritualistically making and destroying abstract forms
6. The purpose of the “Great Serpent Mound” in Ohio is:
a. burial of the dead
b. a site for shamanistic dances
c. still unknown
d. burial of sacred ritual objects
7. Çatal Hüyük (6700-5700 BCE) was distinctive for:
a. its layout of streets in grid fashion
b. being identical to other Neolithic settlements
c. its houses being constructed apart from each other
d. being an important trade center
8. A painting of a red bull on the walls for a shrine at Çatal Hüyük:
a. was executed directly without the usual priming coat
b. was completed over a layer of plaster
c. shows skillful naturalism
d. directly copied Paleolithic cave paintings of the same subject
9. Which one of the following cannot be deduced from an examination of Neolithic pottery? The
role of:
a. function
b. decoration
c. stability of living environment
d. individual artists’ signatures
10. The origins of pottery vessels in the Mesolithic/Neolithic eras show that:
a. patterns may have been derived from weaving patterns
b. designs may have been adapted from skeletal remnants
c. open pit firing was preferred over kiln firing
d. hand molding was more productive than use of the potter’s wheel
11. Animal images in cave painting overwhelmingly suggest that they may have served:
a. as a practical demonstration to novice hunters
b. as an introduction to a secret society
c. a ritualistic purpose
d. only to beautify cave walls and ceilings
12. Stonehenge exemplifies a:
a. Dolmen
b. Funerary precinct
c. Cromlech
d. Neolithic mound
13. Neolithic Megaliths suggest that rituals of worship were primarily related to the:
a. spring equinox
b. fall equinox
c. summer solstice
d. four seasons
14. The most striking works of Paleolithic art are images of:
a. animals
b. humans
c. landscapes
d. still lifes
15. The African terracotta heads from the Nok culture:
a. are sophisticated miniatures that represent specific individuals
b. may have been made by women
c. have a clear function for ancestor worship
d. have painted details, such as hair and mustaches
16. Compared to the animals of Paleolithic Art, those of the Neolithic Period are:
a. simplified and immobile
b. just as lively
c. a different species
d. non-existent
Chapter 2
1. In the cave paintings at Lascaux, the animals are:
b. naturalistic in style
2. The Lascaux paintings of animals clearly show:
c. awareness of animal forms in nature
3. The prehistoric cave paintings discovered near Altimira in 1879:
d. depicted bison
4. Which of the following was significant in the history of the Paleolithic era?
a. use of refined stone tools
5. Human imagination in painting or sculpting cave art was stimulated by:
b. capitalizing on natural protrusions in the cave
6. The purpose of the “Great Serpent Mound” in Ohio is:
c. still unknown
7. Çatal Hüyük (6700-5700 BCE) was distinctive for:
d. being an important trade center
8. A painting of a red bull on the walls for a shrine at Çatal Hüyük:
b. was completed over a layer of plaster
9. Which one of the following cannot be deduced from an examination of Neolithic pottery? The
role of:
d. individual artists’ signatures
10. The origins of pottery vessels in the Mesolithic/Neolithic eras show that:
a. patterns may have been derived from weaving patterns
11. Animal images in cave painting overwhelmingly suggest that they may have served:
c. a ritualistic purpose
12. Stonehenge exemplifies a:
c. Cromlech
13. Neolithic Megaliths suggest that rituals of worship were primarily related to the:
c. summer solstice
14. The most striking works of Paleolithic art are images of:
a. animals
15. The African terracotta heads from the Nok culture:
b. may have been made by women
16. Compared to the animals of Paleolithic Art, those of the Neolithic Period are:
a. simplified
