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Test 2 Greece, Etruria and Rome

Define:

1) Polis2) Phalanx3) Hoplites4) Geometric Style5) Oriental Style6) Black figure style7) Red figure style8) Archon9) Strategos10) Attic Silver Drachma11) Enneastyle12) Hexastyle13) Kouros14) Kore15) Stoa16) Agora17) Acropolis18) Cella19) Hellas20) Hellene21) Funereal22) Patricians23) Plebeians24) Consul25) Aristocracy26) Democracy27) Republic28) Gens29) Dignitas30) Auctoritas31) Tetrarchy32) Veristic33) Contrapposto

Short answer and multiple choice.

34-36) List 3 Roman gods

37-39) List 3 Greek gods

40-44) List the 5 Imperial Forums

45)Which dynasty was the first to rule Rome during the imperial period.

46) List the 4 periods of Roman and the 4 periods of Greek history

47) What was the main Greek fighting formation?a) The Legion b) The Phalanx c) The Turtle d) The Pilon

48) Who did the Greeks adopt the alphabet from?a) The Phoenicians b) The Egyptians c) The Romans d) The Etruscans

49) Which 2 European languages have still not been deciphered?

50) What is considered the most perfect ancient Greek building according to modern architects?a) Erechtheion b) Propylaia c) Temple of Athena Nike d) The Parthenon

51) Which building has the best natural acoustics in the world?a) Colosseum b) Pompey’s Theater c) Theater of Epidauros d) Pantheon

52) Which of these was NOT considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic Art?a) Venus di Milo b) Laocoon c) Winged Victory d) Farnese Bull

53) What date was Julius Caesar assassinated?

54) Which artwork is now the symbol of the city of Rome?

a) Augustus Prima Porta b) She-Wolf c) Colosseum d) Pantheon

55) When was the founding of Rome?a) April 21, 753 BCE b) April 29, 1965 c) March 5, 776 BCE

56) Who founded the city of Rome?a) Mars and Venus b) Aeneas c) Romulus and Remus d) It was never lost

57) What country did Rome fight against in the Punic Wars?a) Punicia b) Phoenicia c) Carthage d) Greece

58) What is the masterpiece of Roman Imperial Art?a) Colosseum b) Ara Pacis c) Altar of Peace d) Pantheon

59) What was the real name for the Colosseum?a) Caesar’s Forum b) Imperial Forum c) Flavian Amphitheater d) Colosseum

60) What was the written language of the Mycenaeans called?a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform

61) What was the written language of the Minoans?a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform

62) Who was the first Roman Emperor?a) Augustus Caesar b) Julius Caesar c) Diocletian d) Constantine

63) Which of these is NOT a period of Roman history?a) Imperial b) Monarchial c) Republican d) Democratic

64) How can you tell a Roman temple apart from a Greek temple?a) number of steps b) interior cella c) roofing d) number of entrances e) both a and d

65) Which emperor was not a member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty?a) Augustus b) Tiberias c) Nero d) Claudius e) Titus f) Caligula

66) Which of these was NOT a period of Greek history?a) Helladic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d) Ionic Age e) Doric Dark Age

Short answers

List 2 characteristics from the following art eras:

67-68 ) Roman Era

69-70) Classical Greece

71-72) Hellenistic Greece

73-74) Etruscan Era

75) Why was the year 776BCE important to the Greeks?

76) What is the Etruscan masterpiece?

Matching. Place the capital letter in the correct corresponding place

77) 1st triumvirate _____ A) citadel on a hill in Greek city-states

78) 2nd triumvirate _____ B) female statue that serves as a column

79) 1st Roman Civil War _____ C) Greek public square

80) 2nd Roman Civil War _____ D) “general” in Greek, one of 10 leaders in Athens

81) 3rd Roman Civil War _____ E) Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Venus, Mercury

82) Greek Gods _____ F) Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

83) Roman Gods _____ G) first Christian emperor, legalized Christianity

84) pax romana _____ H) emperor during Great Fire of Rome, persecuted

Christians, killed his own mother and his wife

85) veristic _____ I) the sickest, most twisted emperor, made his horse

Consul, had incest with his sister

86) agora _____ J) Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes

87) acropolis _____ K) first great Western philosopher

88) faience _____ L) “Roman Peace” lasted 200 years from Augustus –

Commodus

89) caryatid _____ M) Octavian Ceasar, Marc Antony, Lepidus

90) contrapposto _____ N) Sulla v Marius, Sulla wins

91) strategos _____ O) Octavian v Marc Antony , Octavian wins

92) fresco _____ P) Caesar v Pompey, Caesar wins

93) Caesar _____ Q) painting on wet plaster upon a wall

94) Nero _____ R) considered greatest military leader in ancient world, defeated the Persians, nicknamed ‘the Great’

95) Augustus _____ S) glazed earthenware (pottery)

96) Alexander _____ T) true to natural appearance

97) Pericles _____ U) a stance used by the Greeks to show shifted weight,

comes from the Italian word

98) Socrates _____ V) first Roman emperor, changed his name from Octavian, began the pax romana

99) Caligula _____ W) chosen dictator for life, he was assassinated on March

15, 44 BCE, member of 1st triumvirate, defeated Gauls

100) Constantine _____ X) Strategos of Athens during the Golden Age, died of plague

Identify the name, type and one important fact about each of the art works below:

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Bonus Short Essay: Choose 1

1) List the differences between Greek and Roman Theaters and Greek and Roman Temples2) List the difference between Aristotle’s Realism and Plato’s Idealism philosophies.3) Which common threads can be found in all the ancient religions of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the

Etruscans?