Ancient Greece Quiz

Originally located in a private house in Pompeii, the Alexander Mosaic was likely interpreted by viewers in which of the following ways?

• It conveyed the elevated and learned status of the owner of the house

• It functioned as a memorial to the owner’s heroic deeds

• It underscored the political aspirations of the elite class.

• It exemplified the fears of those who lived near an active volcano.

The work shown can be attributed to the style of Hellenistic Greece because of which of the following

characteristics?

• The inclusion of exaggerated signs of intense aging to foster respect for wisdom and experience

• The use of a canon of proportions to produce a perfected male form

• The stylized treatment of the body to make it appropriate for use in a timeless funerary context

• The depiction of the psychological effects of defeat to elicit an emotional response from the viewer

The plan and image are of an ancient temple as it appears today. The temple was dedicated to?

• Portunus

• Athena

• Zeus

• Artemis

The image shows a detail from a larger sculptural frieze found on the

• Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes at Persepolis

• Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus in Rome

• Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens

• Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

The sculpture is a product of which of the following cultures?

• Imperial Rome

• Archaic Greece

• Classical Greece

• Hellenistic Greece

In contrast to the shown in figure A, the work in figure B presents

• 
• political concerns

• a specific moment

• an eternal ideal

The Anavysos Kouros is similar to the Tlatilco figurine in that both

• portray a perfected male form

• were found in burial contexts

• are portraits of specific individuals

• represent concepts of duality

Both works show an understanding of

• 
• foreshortening

• perspective

• symmetry

• movement

The citizens of ancient Athens likely responded to the Athenian agora with a sense of

• enjoyment, because it was primarily a place for elaborate spectacles to entertain the crowds

• solemn respect, because it represented a place where prominent citizens were buried

• piety, because it was the central place of the city for religious worship and sacrificial ceremonies

• civic pride, because it represented a place of communal governance and cultural identity

What is the name of the type sculpture techniques used in these sculptures

• wet drapery

• realism

• isocephalism

• metope