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WorksheetsAncient Roman Art
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
Republican Roman art depicted
a)
realistic subjects
b)
portraits
c)
celebration of age and character
d)
all of these
2.
Greek art was championed during the reign of
a)
Caesar in the Roman Republic
b)
Augustus, the emperor
c)
Pliny the Elder
d)
Constantine
3.
Virgil wrote the Aeneid for
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Trajan
d)
Constantine
4.
Which of the following was NOT associated with the founding of Rome?
a)
Aeneas
b)
Romulus
c)
Virgil
d)
Remus
5.
The Goths were
a)
Gauls
b)
Germans
c)
Trojans
d)
Greeks
6.
Roman concrete was a mixture of
a)
water, tufa, travertine, & rubble
b)
tufa, rubble, gravel, mud
c)
water, mortar, gravel, & rubble
d)
stucco, plaster, water, & rubble
7.
Which was NOT a Roman architectural type?
a)
the Colosseum
b)
the circus
c)
the peripteral temple
d)
the private house
8.
Pompeii was destroyed in
a)
79 A.D.
b)
the first century B.C.
c)
under Nero
d)
121 A.D.
9.
Which of the following was NOT built under Trajan?
a)
Dacia
b)
basilica
c)
a forum
d)
Timgad
10.
Nero, as described by Suetonius, exemplifies
a)
generosity
b)
grandiosity
c)
military strategy
d)
political know-how
11.
The Golden House belonged to
a)
Suetonius
b)
Caracalla
c)
Nero
d)
Trajan
12.
Which was least likely to be in a forum?
a)
temples
b)
libraries
c)
markets
d)
baths
13.
The Pont du Gard at Nimes was
a)
an aqueduct
b)
a temple
c)
a bridge
d)
an aqueduct and a bridge
14.
Which of the following was NOT a use of the Roman basilica?
a)
commerce
b)
worship
c)
law courts
d)
administration
15.
In contrast to Greek temples, roman temples usually were
a)
set on tall podiums
b)
approached from a single side
c)
pseudoperipteral
d)
all are correct
16.
Which is least likely to have been a feature of the Roman bath?
a)
market
b)
museum
c)
swimming pool
d)
ball court
17.
The columns of the Colosseum were arranged in the following order from the first to the third level:
a)
Doric, Corinthian, Ionic
b)
Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
c)
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
d)
Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
18.
The Roman circus was used primarily for
a)
animal performances
b)
gladiatorial contests
c)
libraries
d)
chariot races
19.
The Colosseum was constructed during the reign of
a)
Nero
b)
Trajan
c)
Vespasian
d)
Constantine
20.
The Roman Colosseum was built primarily of
a)
concrete
b)
marble
c)
iron
d)
sandstone
21.
Which is NOT a feature of the Pantheon
a)
an oculus
b)
a rectangular cella
c)
a rotunda
d)
a portico
22.
Which is NOT a commemorative monument?
a)
Trajan's Column
b)
the Pantheon
c)
the Ara Pacis
d)
the Colosseum
23.
Trajan's most famous monument was
a)
the Baths of Trajan
b)
the Ara Pacis of Trajan
c)
Trajan's Column
d)
the Arch of Trajan
24.
The Column of Trajan in uniquely Roman because of
a)
its enormous height
b)
its narrative frieze
c)
its setting
d)
its material
25.
The reliefs of Trajan's column differ from classical Greek reliefs in the
a)
use of a spiral frieze
b)
realistic rather than idealized battle scene
c)
emphasis on historical facts
d)
all are correct
26.
The reliefs of Trajan's column differ from classical Greek reliefs in the
a)
use of a spiral frieze
b)
realistic rather than idealized battle scene
c)
emphasis on historical facts
d)
all are correct
27.
Which was NOT a Roman funerary practice?
a)
the use of cinerary urns
b)
the necropolis
c)
the sarcophagus
d)
burial in graves
28.
The Battle of Issos is a
a)
Roman mosaic based on a Hellenistic fresco
b)
Roman relief on the Arch of Constantine
c)
Roman relief on Trajan's Column
d)
Roman fresco of the first century A.D.
29.
The figures from the frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries are thought to depict an initiation into
a)
the cult of Artemis
b)
Christianity
c)
the cult of Bacchus
d)
the cult of Isis and Osiris
30.
The entry court of a Roman house was called the
a)
aquarium
b)
atrium
c)
bacterium
d)
oculus
31.
Faiyum painting was produced in
a)
Greece
b)
Egypt
c)
Rome
d)
Carthage
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