Question: A lamassu is a ________.

a. guardian beast

b. nickname for rulers of Babylon

c. rope used to capture lions

d. type of clothing worn by ancient Assyrians

e. none of the other answers

Answer: Guardian Beast

Question: In black-figure painting on Greek pots, the background is ________.

a. white

b. red

c. green

d. blue

e. black

Answer: Red

Question: It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of ________.

a. their similarity to the English language

b. we cannot understand hieroglyphs

c. the Stele of Hammurabi

d. the Rosetta Stone

e. the writings of Herodotus

Answer: rosetta stone

Question: The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:

a. Corinthian

b. Doric

c. Ionic

d. all of the previous answers

e. none of the previous answers

Answer: all of the previous (all of the above, corinthian​, doric and ionic)

Question: The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.

a. Greeks

b. Romans

c. Babylonians

d. Egyptians

e. Minoans

Answer: Egyptians

Question: Which of these cultures was not part of Mesopotamia?

a. Akkadians

b. Assyrians

c. Babylonians

d. Sumerians

e. all of these are Mesopotamian cultures

Answer: All of these are mesopotamian cultures

Question: What is not true about the interior of the Pantheon?

a. it has a coffered dome

b. it has an oculus

c. it has a poor drainage system

d. all of these answers are true

e. none of these answers are true

Answer: D. All of these answers are true

Question: Which term refers to part of a church doorway?

a. lintel

b. jamb

c. tympanum

d. archivolt

e. all of the other answers

Answer: E. All of the other answers

Question: If you were to build a cathedral with a huge stained-glass window covering nearly an entire wall, you would use these architectural features to ensure the building’s structural stability.

a. tympanums

b. flying buttresses

c. naves

d. labyrinths

e. transepts

Answer: Flying Buttresses

Question: The process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander (3.2.14) is called ________.

a. repoussé

b. hatching

c. tesserae

d. gilding

e. intaglio

Answer: A. Repousse