Stage 18 Culture Quiz (pg. 106-111)

Glassmaking is thought:

• to have begun being made in Egypt in 1500 AD

• to have been one of Alexandria's oldest and most successful industries

• to have been brought to Alexandria by the Romans

• to be a small, niche market during the time of the Roman occupation.

All of the following are components of glass, EXCEPT:

• sand

• tar

• plant ash or natron

• lime

Which of the following are TRUE about the first method of glass making?

• It was easy to use it to mass-produce various items of glass.

• It was only suitable for making small luxury items.

• It involved wrapping molten glass around a sand or clay core.

• It made glass affordable for people of all income levels.

Which of following accurately describes the casting and cutting method of glassmaking?

• Molten glass is wrapped around a clay or sand core

• Blowing a ball of glass through a hollow tube

• hot glass is blown into a mold or cast.

• Molten glass is cast into a mold; then designs are added after the blank has cooled.

Which of the following are examples of the casting and cutting method?

• Ribbon glass

• millefiore glass

• cage cups

• hand lathe

Glass blowing was discovered in Alexandria in the first century BC.

• True

• False, we don't know that it was discovered in Alexandria

• False: it was discovered in the first century AD

• False: it was not discovered until the modern era

Glass blowing:

• involved blowing air through a hollow tube to increase the size of the glass

• did not allow for any ornamentation or designs to be added to the glass.

• is still used today in some glass making facilities.

• was the basis for the mass production of glass, which made it more affordable.

The color of "natural" glass is green to bluish-green.

• True

• False: The color of "natural" glass is clear/transparent.

• False: "natural" glass contains impurities, so it is brown

• False: all glass is man-made so not natural.

Which of the following are contributing factors to the popularity of glass in the Roman Empire?

• Its strength and light weight

• Its scarcity

• Its fragility

• Its resistance to retaining odors and residues of its contents

The Romans were able to make window panes out of glass.

• True

• False: They made them out of quartz

• False: They did not learn how to make glass transparent enough to use as a window.

• False: glass-blowing only allowed for the creation of spheroid shapes.