Final Quiz Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

Why were so many works of Ancient art found in Pompeii?

Because the Pompeians buried them underground to protect them. Because a volcanic eruption in -79 preserved them. Because the Roman Empire lasted till the 19th century in Pompeii. Because it was the largest artistic centre in the Roman Empire.

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Trajan’s column depicts …

Military victories. Trajan’s wedding. The founding of Rome. The Greek gods.

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What technique is used here?

Pointillism Ceramics Engraving Mosaics

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Venus was the goddess of …

Marriage and fertility in Celtic mythology. Arts in Roman mythology. Hunting in Greek mythology. Love and beauty in Roman mythology.

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What was the Greek sculptors’ preferred material from the classical era onwards?

Bronze. Ceramics. Marble. Plaster.

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Why are there so few examples of classical sculptures in bronze?

Because bronze has poor resistance to the passing of time. Because the Romans were jealous and destroyed a lot of them. Because many works have been melted down to reuse the bronze. Because sculptors preferred working with marble.

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The Parthenon columns are …

Doric Composite Ionic Corinthian

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What is the “canon” in the history of art?

A body proportioned so that its total vertical height is six times that of the head An ideal of beauty, which has remained the same since Archaic Greek art An ideal of beauty which changes from era to era A work that it was difficult to transport

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Circus games are a … tradition

Roman which is exported throughout the Empire Roman uninterested in the rest of the Empire Egyptian, exported to Rome Greek, that the Romans did not much appreciate

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In what form did the Romans often represent major historical events?

In the form of carved friezes In the form of cameos They never represented them In the form of reconstructions in wax

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Which city, ravaged in - 79 by a volcanic eruption, preserved many traces of Ancient Roman civilisation?

Palermo Pompeii Naples Corinth

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Name the goddess who has an owl with her.

Zeus Hera Aphrodite Athena

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