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VIAR 120 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
FORMAT BY CHERRY GRACIOUS STUVIA GURU | 100%
CERTIFIED RECENT UPDATE 2024/2025.
QUESTION: 1. According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are
__________.
a. monumental ziggurats
b. cave paintings of animals
c. pieces of engraved ochre
d. pottery with abstract designs - ANSWER-pieces of engrave ochre
QUESTION: 2. Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of __________.
a. Neolithic art
b. Paleolithic art
c. Mesopotamian art
d. Ancient Egyptian art - ANSWER-Paleolithic art
QUESTION: 3. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in __________.
a. gravesites
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b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - ANSWER-gravesites
QUESTION: 4. Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.
a. a female ruler
b. the figure of a shaman
c. a hunter-gatherer
d. the Great Mother Goddess - ANSWER-the Great Mother Goddess
QUESTION: 5. Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman
of Willendorf?
a. naturalistic details
b. hierarchic scale
c. exaggerated female body parts
d. abstract petroglyphs - ANSWER-exaggerated female body parts
QUESTION: 6. What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in
Horseshoe Canyon?
a. The images are pictographs.
b. The figures are naturalistic.
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c. The figures are in hierarchic scale.
d. The artist included hieroglyphs. - ANSWER-the figures are naturalistic
QUESTION: 7. Petroglyphs are made by __________.
a. painting on a rock wall or mud building
b. scratching an image onto a stone surface
c. carving a form into tusk or bone
d. modeling designs on clay vessels - ANSWER-scratching an image onto a stone surface
QUESTION: 8. Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of
Horseshoe canyon portray __________.
a. shamanic rituals
b. deities
c. royal figures
d. hunting events - ANSWER-shamanic rituals
QUESTION: 9. Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art?
a. Stonehenge
b. the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun
c. the Warka vase
d. the Hohle Fels Figure - ANSWER-the Hohle Fels Figure
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QUESTION: 10. In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the
__________.
a. needs of hunting and gathering
b. agricultural revolution
c. development of burial practices
d. increase in ritual offerings at temples - ANSWER-agricultural revolution
QUESTION: 11. The Neolithic period is also known as the __________.
a. New Stone Age
b. Bronze Age
c. Old Stone Age
d. Nomadic Age - ANSWER-New Stone Age
QUESTION: 12. The burial urn from Kansu Province, China, demonstrates the style of Neolithic art
because of its __________.
a. hierarchic scale
b. naturalistic forms
c. abstract decorations
d. use of carved stone - ANSWER-abstract decorations
VIAR 120 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
FORMAT BY CHERRY GRACIOUS STUVIA GURU | 100%
CERTIFIED RECENT UPDATE 2024/2025.
QUESTION: 1. According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are
__________.
a. monumental ziggurats
b. cave paintings of animals
c. pieces of engraved ochre
d. pottery with abstract designs - ANSWER-pieces of engrave ochre
QUESTION: 2. Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of __________.
a. Neolithic art
b. Paleolithic art
c. Mesopotamian art
d. Ancient Egyptian art - ANSWER-Paleolithic art
QUESTION: 3. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in __________.
a. gravesites
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b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - ANSWER-gravesites
QUESTION: 4. Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.
a. a female ruler
b. the figure of a shaman
c. a hunter-gatherer
d. the Great Mother Goddess - ANSWER-the Great Mother Goddess
QUESTION: 5. Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman
of Willendorf?
a. naturalistic details
b. hierarchic scale
c. exaggerated female body parts
d. abstract petroglyphs - ANSWER-exaggerated female body parts
QUESTION: 6. What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in
Horseshoe Canyon?
a. The images are pictographs.
b. The figures are naturalistic.
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c. The figures are in hierarchic scale.
d. The artist included hieroglyphs. - ANSWER-the figures are naturalistic
QUESTION: 7. Petroglyphs are made by __________.
a. painting on a rock wall or mud building
b. scratching an image onto a stone surface
c. carving a form into tusk or bone
d. modeling designs on clay vessels - ANSWER-scratching an image onto a stone surface
QUESTION: 8. Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of
Horseshoe canyon portray __________.
a. shamanic rituals
b. deities
c. royal figures
d. hunting events - ANSWER-shamanic rituals
QUESTION: 9. Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art?
a. Stonehenge
b. the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun
c. the Warka vase
d. the Hohle Fels Figure - ANSWER-the Hohle Fels Figure
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QUESTION: 10. In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the
__________.
a. needs of hunting and gathering
b. agricultural revolution
c. development of burial practices
d. increase in ritual offerings at temples - ANSWER-agricultural revolution
QUESTION: 11. The Neolithic period is also known as the __________.
a. New Stone Age
b. Bronze Age
c. Old Stone Age
d. Nomadic Age - ANSWER-New Stone Age
QUESTION: 12. The burial urn from Kansu Province, China, demonstrates the style of Neolithic art
because of its __________.
a. hierarchic scale
b. naturalistic forms
c. abstract decorations
d. use of carved stone - ANSWER-abstract decorations
