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The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god (4.3.1) was made by which culture?


A) Yoruba
B) Asmat
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
E) none of the other answers

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What is the medium and form of Patrick Dougherty's Na Hale 'Eo Waiawi?


A) saplings woven into various shapes
B) paintings of extraordinary trees
C) illustrations from Dr. Seuss books
D) videos of strawberry guava groves
E) man-made fibers woven into tree shapes

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How do practitioners cultivate mental calm in the Japanese zen garden?


A) by raking the gravel regularly
B) by counting the stones
C) by planting as many flowers as possible
D) by fixing the leaks in the roof
E) by playing calming music through hidden speakers

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Where is the Japanese zen garden (4.3.12) located?


A) Hilton Hotel, Tokyo
B) off the coast of Kanagawa
C) Ryoan-ji, Kyoto
D) Osaka Castle
E) It is a replica located inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Trompe l'oeil techniques are used to make artworks look extremely realistic.

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The sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal shows him ________.


A) marking the intersection of the earthly realm and the underworld
B) being overtaken by the world tree
C) ignoring the lineage of his ancestors
D) trying to trick the gods while playing a mythical ballgame
E) Lord Pacal was only depicted on the inside of the sarcophagus, not the outside

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Pieter Claesz made which of the following types of artworks?


A) realistic still life paintings
B) colorful sculptural landscapes
C) functional pottery
D) abstract portraits
E) video art

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Abbey Among Oak Trees emphasizes realism and reason over emotion and imagination.

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How is it clear that the Yombe sculpture of a kneeling female figure with bowl and child (4.3.6) represents a nature spirit associated with ancestors?


A) she has saplings growing from her head
B) she is invisible but has a strong scent
C) she is painted white and has shiny eyes
D) she is hanging upside-down
E) she is probably not representing an ancestor at all

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Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror can best be described as ________.


A) a realistic still life painting
B) a colorful sculptural landscape
C) a piece of functional pottery
D) an abstract portrait
E) video art

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Bis pole sculptures were made by which culture?


A) Yoruba
B) Asmat
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
E) none of the other answers

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For whom is the message contained in I Am Your Grandma intended?


A) someone in the viewer's past
B) the artist
C) a boy in a grocery store
D) the artist's future unborn grandchild
E) none of the other answers

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Lord Pacal was the ruler of which place?


A) the Egyptian city of Giza
B) the Italian city of Rome
C) the French city of Paris
D) the Maya city-state of Palenque
E) the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan

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Who is the artist of Abbey Among Oak Trees?


A) Gustave Courbet
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Caspar David Friedrich
D) Andrea Mantegna
E) Johannes Vermeer

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Who is the artist of The Morgue (Gun Murder) ?


A) Andrea del Sarto
B) Andres Serrano
C) Andrea Mantegna
D) Carl Andre
E) Andrea Frasier

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The Aztec of central Mexico are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?


A) the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal
B) the kachina doll
C) the silver llama figurine
D) the vessel with a mask of Tlaloc
E) the book of the dead

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How does Fox in the Snow relate to the cycle of life?


A) the dead fox lies next to flower shoots that are growing through the snow
B) the fox has just had babies, continuing the next generation of her species
C) the fox is caught in a trap, signifying the trials and tribulations of life
D) the fox is eating a rat, a reminder that one life sacrificed allows another to continue
E) none of the other answers

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The eleventh-century bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja (4.3.11) was made in ________.


A) Africa
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) Mexico
E) India

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Zen dry gardens are designed to be a microcosm of the larger earthly landscape.

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Who is the artist of I Am Your Grandma?


A) Rineke Dijkstra
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Jillian Mayer
D) Shiva Nataraja
E) Pieter Claesz

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