Test Bank for FAAH 1030 Intro to Art 1A - Chapter MCQs
Questions with Solutions.
CHAPTER 1 – Test Bank
Low relief
High relief
Sculpture in the round Modelling Carving
Menhir Dolmen
Cromlech Post
and lintel
Monolith
Pigment
Shamanism Polychrome X-Rat Style Necropolis
Ziggurat
Load-bearing construction Cylinder seal Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
Stele
Citadel
Plinth Arch
Glaze
Column
Shaft Pillar
Capital
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The term “prehistory” means
a. before people wrote history books.
b. before people had written language.
c. before people had libraries.
d. before people could count.
e. before people could
talk. Answer: b
2. The term “Paleolithic” refers to
a. the Old Stone Age.
b. the Middle Stone Age.
c. the New Stone Age.
d. Old Stones.
e. the Old Dispensation.
Answer: a
,3. Old Stone Age people
a. had stone houses.
b. used stone tools.
c. worshipped in stone temples.
d. built stone tombs.
e. used stone for building.
Answer: b
4. The term Homo sapiens literally means
a. simple man.
b. stupid man.
c. stoic man.
d. wise man.
e. genius.
Answer: d
5. A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture-in-the-round is
a. the Venus of Laussel.
b. the Tuc d’Audoubert Bison.
c. the Venus of Willendorf.
d. the Wandjina.
e. the Mimi
hunters. Answer: c
6. The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are
a. rectangular.
b. oval.
c. cubic.
d. trapezoidal.
e. triangular.
Answer: b
7. As used in this text, a relief refers to
a. a rest.
b. a vacation.
c. a category of sculpture.
d. a painted image.
e. a post-and-
lintel. Answer: c
8. Which of the following is a logical interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?
a. an obese figure.
b. a wealthy figure.
c. a fertility figure.
d. a pregnant figure.
, e. a blind figure.
Answer: c
9. Pigment is
a. a racial characteristic.
b. color.
c. paint.
d. painted relief.
e. watercolor
.
Answer: b
10. Paleolithic art has been found in the form of sculpture, friezes and paintings, but is
the earliest.
a. the “fertility figurine” like the Venus of Willendorf
b. the animal frieze at Lascaux
c. Stonehenge
d. the animal frieze at Altamira
Answer: a
11. The artists at Lascaux and Altamira seem to have done their art as
a. decoration for the cave.
b. part of a ceremony to ensure success in the hunt.
c. the totem of the tribal chief.
d. an ex-voto for a man killed in a hunt.
Answer: b
12. Which of the following is NOT Paleolithic?
a. Venus of Laussel
b. Handprint of Pech-Merle
c. “Mother Goddess” from Tarxien
d. Stag from Lascaux
Answer: c
13. The most important Paleolithic cave paintings are located in
a. Spain.
b. France.
c. England.
d. both Spain and France.
Answer: d
14. Which of the following does NOT have a representation of a bison?
a. Altamira
b. Stonehenge
c. Tuc d’Audoubert
d. La Madelaine
Answer: b
, 15. Which term is NOT related to making sculpture?
a. carving
b. modeling
c. relief
d. post-and-lintel
e. incising
Answer: d
16. A kiln is used
a. for cooking dinner.
b. for heating pigments.
c. for baking clay.
d. for cooking herbs.
e. for drying wet paint.
Answer: c
17. The so-called Shaman cave painting is at
a. Lascaux.
b. Pech-Merle.
c. Chauvet.
d. Trois-Frères.
e. Altamira.
Answer: d
18. Who of the following was never involved in studying cave paintings?
a. Leroi-Gourhan
b. Henri Breuil
c. Pech-Merle
d. Reinach
e. Chauvet
Answer: c
19. By definition, Paleolithic paintings are not
a. endowed with life.
b. abstract.
c. naturalistic.
d. designed to conjure up game for
hunters. Answer: b
20. The caves at Altamira share what in common with Lascaux?
a. they are in France
b. they are in flat, lake country
c. they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals
d. All these answers are
correct. Answer: c
Questions with Solutions.
CHAPTER 1 – Test Bank
Low relief
High relief
Sculpture in the round Modelling Carving
Menhir Dolmen
Cromlech Post
and lintel
Monolith
Pigment
Shamanism Polychrome X-Rat Style Necropolis
Ziggurat
Load-bearing construction Cylinder seal Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
Stele
Citadel
Plinth Arch
Glaze
Column
Shaft Pillar
Capital
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The term “prehistory” means
a. before people wrote history books.
b. before people had written language.
c. before people had libraries.
d. before people could count.
e. before people could
talk. Answer: b
2. The term “Paleolithic” refers to
a. the Old Stone Age.
b. the Middle Stone Age.
c. the New Stone Age.
d. Old Stones.
e. the Old Dispensation.
Answer: a
,3. Old Stone Age people
a. had stone houses.
b. used stone tools.
c. worshipped in stone temples.
d. built stone tombs.
e. used stone for building.
Answer: b
4. The term Homo sapiens literally means
a. simple man.
b. stupid man.
c. stoic man.
d. wise man.
e. genius.
Answer: d
5. A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture-in-the-round is
a. the Venus of Laussel.
b. the Tuc d’Audoubert Bison.
c. the Venus of Willendorf.
d. the Wandjina.
e. the Mimi
hunters. Answer: c
6. The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are
a. rectangular.
b. oval.
c. cubic.
d. trapezoidal.
e. triangular.
Answer: b
7. As used in this text, a relief refers to
a. a rest.
b. a vacation.
c. a category of sculpture.
d. a painted image.
e. a post-and-
lintel. Answer: c
8. Which of the following is a logical interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?
a. an obese figure.
b. a wealthy figure.
c. a fertility figure.
d. a pregnant figure.
, e. a blind figure.
Answer: c
9. Pigment is
a. a racial characteristic.
b. color.
c. paint.
d. painted relief.
e. watercolor
.
Answer: b
10. Paleolithic art has been found in the form of sculpture, friezes and paintings, but is
the earliest.
a. the “fertility figurine” like the Venus of Willendorf
b. the animal frieze at Lascaux
c. Stonehenge
d. the animal frieze at Altamira
Answer: a
11. The artists at Lascaux and Altamira seem to have done their art as
a. decoration for the cave.
b. part of a ceremony to ensure success in the hunt.
c. the totem of the tribal chief.
d. an ex-voto for a man killed in a hunt.
Answer: b
12. Which of the following is NOT Paleolithic?
a. Venus of Laussel
b. Handprint of Pech-Merle
c. “Mother Goddess” from Tarxien
d. Stag from Lascaux
Answer: c
13. The most important Paleolithic cave paintings are located in
a. Spain.
b. France.
c. England.
d. both Spain and France.
Answer: d
14. Which of the following does NOT have a representation of a bison?
a. Altamira
b. Stonehenge
c. Tuc d’Audoubert
d. La Madelaine
Answer: b
, 15. Which term is NOT related to making sculpture?
a. carving
b. modeling
c. relief
d. post-and-lintel
e. incising
Answer: d
16. A kiln is used
a. for cooking dinner.
b. for heating pigments.
c. for baking clay.
d. for cooking herbs.
e. for drying wet paint.
Answer: c
17. The so-called Shaman cave painting is at
a. Lascaux.
b. Pech-Merle.
c. Chauvet.
d. Trois-Frères.
e. Altamira.
Answer: d
18. Who of the following was never involved in studying cave paintings?
a. Leroi-Gourhan
b. Henri Breuil
c. Pech-Merle
d. Reinach
e. Chauvet
Answer: c
19. By definition, Paleolithic paintings are not
a. endowed with life.
b. abstract.
c. naturalistic.
d. designed to conjure up game for
hunters. Answer: b
20. The caves at Altamira share what in common with Lascaux?
a. they are in France
b. they are in flat, lake country
c. they contain remarkable Paleolithic depictions of animals
d. All these answers are
correct. Answer: c
