Question 1

Most of the buildings in Kalhu were built from __________ and covered with limestone and alabaster.

Accepted Answer

A)   cut marble
B)   alabaster
C)   bitumen
D)   mud bricks

Question 2

Inlaid images on the sound box of the Great Lyre with Bull's Head creates an intriguing relationship to _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the Epic of Gilgamesh
B)   royal cemetery at Ur
C)   marriage
D)   military conquest

Question 3

The image of Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, is well known to students of Near Eastern art because of the twenty surviving ____________________that he commissioned.

Accepted Answer

A)   steles
B)   relief panels
C)   votive statues
D)   palaces

Question 4

What is the subject of the register scenes of The Great Lyre with Bull's Head?

Accepted Answer

The Great Lyre with Bull's Head is one o...

Question 5

Naram-Sin is represented ____________, equating male vigor with power and heroism.

Accepted Answer

A)   with a well-formed body
B)   wearing the costume of a pharaoh
C)   with numerous deities
D)   as a composite creature

Question 6

How is trade exemplified in The Great Lyre with Bull's Head?

Accepted Answer

The Great Lyre with Bull's Head is an an...

Question 7

Relief sculptures like Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute at Persepolis would have originally been _____________and included details in gold leaf.

Accepted Answer

A)   glazed
B)   sealed
C)   inscribed with words
D)   painted

Question 8

A Near East devotional practice was to set up __________ in a shrine before an image of a god.

Accepted Answer

A)   votive figures
B)   statues of rulers
C)   war spoilia
D)   musical instruments

Question 9

How was the ancient Near Eastern city-state created?

Accepted Answer

The ancient Near Eastern city-state was ...

Question 10

To keep business records, the Sumerians pressed a __________ into clay tablets to produce cuneiform writing.

Accepted Answer

A)   stylus
B)   seal
C)   picture stamp
D)   chisel

Question 11

Sumerian votive figures possess __________that reflect Mesopotamian devotional beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A)   horned crowns
B)   elaborate garments
C)   large open eyes
D)   muscular bodies

Question 12

What are some of the conventions of the Sumerian votive figure?

Accepted Answer

Sumerian votive figures, which date back...

Question 13

How was the imperial complex at Persepolis laid out and how did it develop?

Accepted Answer

The imperial complex at Persepolis was l...

Question 14

What types of arts flourished in early cities?

Accepted Answer

In early cities, a wide array of arts fl...

Question 15

Along with shell and wood the materials ________ and ______ were used to sculpt the elaborate bull head on a lyre found at a royal tomb in Ur.

Accepted Answer

A)   iron; gold
B)   faience; turquoise
C)   glazed brick; gold
D)   gold; lapis lazuli

Question 16

The Greeks called __________ the "land between the rivers."

Accepted Answer

A)   Mesopotamia
B)   Mesoaqua
C)   Sumeria
D)   Babylon

Question 17

Which of the following materials was NOT used in the Great Lyre with Bull's Head ?

Accepted Answer

A)   alabaster
B)   shell
C)   lapis lazuli
D)   wood

Question 18

Choose three objects discussed in Chapter 2 to explain how Mesopotamian art reflects the region's history and cultural beliefs.

Accepted Answer

Three objects discussed in Chapter 2 tha...

Question 19

Their tolerance of ___________ won the Persians the loyalty of their subjects.

Accepted Answer

A)   internal uprisings
B)   trade with the Greeks
C)   native customs and religions
D)   merchants

Question 20

The ____________, which Darius built at Persepolis, was large enough to hold several thousand people.

Accepted Answer

A)   ziggurat
B)   apadana
C)   lamassu
D)   stele

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What is the subject of the register scenes of The Great Lyre with Bull's Head?

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How was the ancient Near Eastern city-state created?

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Along with shell and wood the materials ________ and ______ were used to sculpt the elaborate bull head on a lyre found at a royal tomb in Ur.

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How is trade exemplified in The Great Lyre with Bull's Head?

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The Greeks called __________ the "land between the rivers."

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What are some of the conventions of the Sumerian votive figure?

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The ____________, which Darius built at Persepolis, was large enough to hold several thousand people.

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Choose three objects discussed in Chapter 2 to explain how Mesopotamian art reflects the region's history and cultural beliefs.

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What types of arts flourished in early cities?

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Most of the buildings in Kalhu were built from __________ and covered with limestone and alabaster.

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How was the imperial complex at Persepolis laid out and how did it develop?

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Relief sculptures like Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute at Persepolis would have originally been _____________and included details in gold leaf.

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Sumerian votive figures possess __________that reflect Mesopotamian devotional beliefs.

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Naram-Sin is represented ____________, equating male vigor with power and heroism.

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