Gilgamesh Quiz

Quiz 1

Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh a first in known literary works?
Answer

Selected Answer: It is the first to confront the idea of death
Correct Answer: It is the first to confront the idea of death

Question 2
0 out of 4 points

According to our text, what did the Hebrews believe their status as "chosen people" meant?
Answer

Selected Answer: They were favored by YHWH, the Hebrew god
Correct Answer: They were to set an example of a higher moral standard

Question 3
4 out of 4 points

Which of the following pairs correctly identifies the subjects illustrated on the Royal Standard of Ur?
Answer

Selected Answer: "War" and "Peace"
Correct Answer: "War" and "Peace"

Question 4
4 out of 4 points
What distinguishes the Law Code of Hammurabi from its predecessors?
Answer

Selected Answer: It is the most complete set of laws
Correct Answer: It is the most complete set of laws

Question 5
4 out of 4 points

What is the Persian Zoroaster's greatest contribution to religious thought?
Answer

Selected Answer: The emphasis on free will
Correct Answer: The emphasis on free will

Question 6
4 out of 4 points

How are the figures on the Palette of Narmer similar to those on the Mesopotamian Royal Standard of Ur?
Answer

Selected Answer: The king is shown as larger than anyone else
Correct Answer: The king is shown as larger than anyone else

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

Why was the Palette of Narmer created?
Answer

Selected Answer: For a gift to a god or goddess
Correct Answer: For a gift to a god or goddess

Question 8
4 out of 4 points

Why can the reliefs on Ramses II's pylon gate at Luxor be viewed as propaganda rather than historical?
Answer

Selected Answer: The battle scene they describe was not the major success depicted
Correct Answer: The battle scene they describe was not the major success depicted

Question 9
4 out of 4 points

Why were Egyptians buried with Books of Going Forth by Day (Books of the Dead)?
Answer

Selected Answer: To help them survive the ritual of judgment
Correct Answer: To help them survive the ritual of judgment

Question 10
4 out of 4 points

Why during the 8th century BCE were the Kushites able to control Egypt?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Egyptians needed stronger leadership to thwart an Assyrian invasion
Correct Answer: The Egyptians needed stronger leadership to thwart an Assyrian invasion

Question 11
4 out of 4 points

Why was Cai Lun's invention of cellulose-based paper so significant?
Answer

Selected Answer: It enabled China to develop widespread literacy
Correct Answer: It enabled China to develop widespread literacy

Question 12
0 out of 4 points

Along which river did Indian civilization first develop?
Answer

Selected Answer: Indus
Correct Answer: Yellow

Question 13
4 out of 4 points

Why is goddess worship fundamental to Hindu religion?
Answer

Selected Answer: Villages recognize goddesses as their protectors
Correct Answer: Villages recognize goddesses as their protectors

Question 14
4 out of 4 points

Why, around 483 BCE, were eight of the earliest stupas built?
Answer

Selected Answer: To contain Buddha's remains, which were divided into eight parts
Correct Answer: To contain Buddha's remains, which were divided into eight parts

Question 15
4 out of 4 points

Why around 1500 BCE did the longest-lasting class system begin in India?
Answer

Selected Answer: Invading Aryans conquered and enslaved the inhabitants
Correct Answer: Invading Aryans conquered and enslaved the inhabitants

Question 16
4 out of 4 points

Why was blood sacrifice central to Aztec culture?
Answer

Selected Answer: The sun, moon, and earth needed human blood for sustenance
Correct Answer: The sun, moon, and earth needed human blood for sustenance

Question 17
4 out of 4 points

Why must the Yoruba king cover his face with rows of beads?
Answer

Selected Answer: To shield viewers from the power of his gaze
Correct Answer: To shield viewers from the power of his gaze

Question 18
4 out of 4 points

What "world's first" is Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji considered to be?
Answer

Selected Answer: Novel
Correct Answer: Novel

Question 19
4 out of 4 points

What competing forces dominated India's history prior to 1200?
Answer

Selected Answer: Religious
Correct Answer: Religious

Question 20
4 out of 4 points

Why did Africa's Ife people consider their king's head of supreme importance?
Answer

Selected Answer: It was home of the spirit
Correct Answer: It was home of the spirit

Quiz 2

The Iliad is an epic poem
Answer

Selected Answer: telling of the adventures of Odysseus on his return home.
Correct Answer: telling about one part of the Trojan War

Question 2
4 out of 4 points

What is the bull associated with in Minoan art?
Answer

Selected Answer: Male virility and strength
Correct Answer: Male virility and strength

Question 3
4 out of 4 points

A statue called a kouros is
Answer

Selected Answer: a sculpture of a nude, fit young man, often found in sanctuaries and cemeteries
Correct Answer: a sculpture of a nude, fit young man, often found in sanctuaries and cemeteries

Question 4
4 out of 4 points

What are the three orders of classical Greek architecture?
Answer

Selected Answer: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
Correct Answer: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

Question 5
4 out of 4 points

Which of the following helped pottery flourish in Athens?
Answer

Selected Answer: Athenians developed a new, much faster potter's wheel
Correct Answer: Athenians developed a new, much faster potter's wheel

Question 6
4 out of 4 points

What is often the focus of most Greek tragedies?
Answer

Selected Answer: Conflict between individual and his or her community
Correct Answer: Conflict between individual and his or her community

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

What was the primary duty of women in Athenian society?
Answer

Selected Answer: To produce male offspring for their husbands' households
Correct Answer: To produce male offspring for their husbands' households

Question 8
4 out of 4 points

Why was Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos such a sensation?
Answer

Selected Answer: She may be the first fully nude female in Greek sculpture
Correct Answer: She may be the first fully nude female in Greek sculpture

Question 9
4 out of 4 points

The centerpiece of the Athenian Acropolis was
the
Answer

Selected Answer: Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos)
Correct Answer: Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos)

Question 10
4 out of 4 points

Why in part did Sparta form its own Peloponnesian League?
Answer

Selected Answer: Athens' use of Delian Fund leagues to rebuild its acropolis
Correct Answer: Athens' use of Delian Fund leagues to rebuild its acropolis

Question 11
4 out of 4 points

Why did Virgil compose the Aeneid?
Answer

Selected Answer: To provide Rome and Augustus with a suitably grand founding myth
Correct Answer: To provide Rome and Augustus with a suitably grand founding myth

Question 12
4 out of 4 points

When they overthrew the Etruscans in 510 BCE, what did the Romans decide not to have in their society?
Answer

Selected Answer: A monarch
Correct Answer: A monarch

Question 13
4 out of 4 points

According to the Roman poet Virgil, to whom do the Romans trace their origin?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Trojans
Correct Answer: The Trojans

Question 14
4 out of 4 points

Why was Gaius Julius Caesar murdered in the Senate on March 15, 44 BCE?
Answer

Selected Answer: He had assumed dictatorial control over Rome
Correct Answer: He had assumed dictatorial control over Rome

Question 15
4 out of 4 points

Why is Pompeii such an important archaeological site?
Answer

Selected Answer: It tells us most of what we know about everyday Roman life
Correct Answer: It tells us most of what we know about everyday Roman life

Question 16
4 out of 4 points

According to the evangelist Paul, what did sinners have to do to earn redemption?
Answer

Selected Answer: Show their faith in Christ and his salvation
Correct Answer: Show their faith in Christ and his salvation

Question 17
4 out of 4 points

Why was early Christianity syncretistic, incorporating into itself pagan mythic traditions?
Answer

Selected Answer: To convert pagans by presenting Christianity in their terms
Correct Answer: To convert pagans by presenting Christianity in their terms

Question 18
4 out of 4 points

Why had Judaism split into three distinct sects by the early first century CE?
Answer

Selected Answer: Difference in philosophy and key religious beliefs
Correct Answer: Difference in philosophy and key religious beliefs

Question 19
0 out of 4 points

Why in 325 CE did Constantine move his capital from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople?
Answer

Selected Answer: Rome was too landlocked for his building programs
Correct Answer: To provide an imperial presence in the East

Question 20
4 out of 4 points

Why around 168 BCE did the Jewish religion start becoming increasingly messianic?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Seleucids tried to impose worship of Greek gods on the Jews
Correct Answer: The Seleucids tried to impose worship of Greek gods on the Jews

Quiz 1.1
Question 1
4 out of 4 points

What possibly explains why Hebrew law provided for more humane treatment of the lowest members of society?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Hebrews had once themselves been slaves and aliens
Correct Answer: The Hebrews had once themselves been slaves and aliens

Question 2
4 out of 4 points

Which statement is true of the Biblical "Song of Songs"?
Answer

Selected Answer: The woman's voice is especially strong.
Correct Answer: The woman's voice is especially strong.

Question 3
4 out of 4 points

Why did the arts develop in Mesopotamia?
Answer

Selected Answer: As celebrations of the priest-kings' power
Correct Answer: As celebrations of the priest-kings' power

Question 4
4 out of 4 points

What classic struggle do Gilgamesh and Enkidu represent?
Answer

Selected Answer: Nature versus civilization
Correct Answer: Nature versus civilization

Question 5
4 out of 4 points

What did lost-wax casting enable the Mesopotamian sculptors to create?
Answer

Selected Answer: Larger and more lightweight bronze pieces
Correct Answer: Larger and more lightweight bronze pieces

Question 6
4 out of 4 points

Why did Egyptian artists paint human's faces, arms, legs, and feet in profile?
Answer

Selected Answer: They believed it was the most characteristic view
Correct Answer: They believed it was the most characteristic view

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

Why did the Egyptians believe that a good deity like Osiris required a bad deity like Seth?
Answer

Selected Answer: Opposites were necessary for balance, harmony, and cycles
Correct Answer: Opposites were necessary for balance, harmony, and cycles

Question 8
4 out of 4 points

Why was the Palette of Narmer created?
Answer

Selected Answer: For a votive gift to a god or goddess
Correct Answer: For a votive gift to a god or goddess

Question 9
4 out of 4 points

What radical change in Egyptian religion did Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) decree?
Answer

Selected Answer: He mandated worship of one god exclusively
Correct Answer: He mandated worship of one god exclusively

Question 10
4 out of 4 points

What is one of the greatest changes that took place during the Middle Kingdom?
Answer

Selected Answer: Writing and literature moved from the sacred to the imaginative
Correct Answer: Writing and literature moved from the sacred to the imaginative

Quiz 2.1
Question 1
4 out of 4 points

In which river's valley did the Chinese people first settle around 7000 BCE?
Answer

Selected Answer: Yellow River
Correct Answer: Yellow River

Question 2
4 out of 4 points

Why did Prince Siddhartha Gautama leave the palace to live in the wilderness for 6 years?
Answer

Selected Answer: He was troubled by the suffering of all human beings
Correct Answer: He was troubled by the suffering of all human beings

Question 3
4 out of 4 points

Why is the writing inscribed on the ancient oracle bones easily understood today?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Chinese written language has remained remarkably constant
Correct Answer: The Chinese written language has remained remarkably constant

Question 4
4 out of 4 points

Why is goddess worship fundamental to Hindu religion?
Answer

Selected Answer: Villages recognize goddesses as their protectors
Correct Answer: Villages recognize goddesses as their protectors

Question 5
4 out of 4 points

Why did the Zhou claim they were able to overthrow the Shang dynasty?
Answer

Selected Answer: The Shang had lost the Mandate of Heaven by not ruling virtuously
Correct Answer: The Shang had lost the Mandate of Heaven by not ruling virtuously

Question 6
4 out of 4 points

What regional samurai clan overthrew the Heians and began the Kamakura Period?
Answer

Selected Answer: Minamoto
Correct Answer: Minamoto

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

Why must the Yoruba king cover his face with rows of beads?
Answer

Selected Answer: To shield viewers from the power of his gaze
Correct Answer: To shield viewers from the power of his gaze

Question 8
4 out of 4 points

What do the Yoruba people believe their king links?
Answer

Selected Answer: The gods and ancestral heroes
Correct Answer: The gods and ancestral heroes

Question 9
4 out of 4 points

Why did Tibetan Buddhist monks create the rolled-up cloth paintings thangkas?
Answer

Selected Answer: Instructional aids
Correct Answer: Instructional aids

Question 10
4 out of 4 points

What earlier structure inspired the pagoda design?
Answer

Selected Answer: Indian stupas
Correct Answer: Indian stupas

Quiz 3.1
Question 1
4 out of 4 points

Which of the following helped pottery flourish in Athens?
Answer

Selected Answer: Athenians developed a new, much faster potter's wheel
Correct Answer: Athenians developed a new, much faster potter's wheel

Question 2
4 out of 4 points

What are the three orders of classical Greek architecture?
Answer

Selected Answer: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
Correct Answer: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

Question 3
4 out of 4 points

Why were Heinrich Schliemann's discoveries at Hissarlik so astonishing?
Answer

Selected Answer: He proved that Troy had existed
Correct Answer: He proved that Troy had existed

Question 4
0 out of 4 points

The Iliad is an epic poem
Answer

Selected Answer: telling of the adventures of Odysseus on his return home.
Correct Answer: telling about one part of the Trojan War

Question 5
4 out of 4 points

What function did the kore, the female equivalent of the kouros, seem to serve?
Answer

Selected Answer: Votive offerings to Athena
Correct Answer: Votive offerings to Athena

Question 6
4 out of 4 points

The centerpiece of the Athenian Acropolis was the
Answer

Selected Answer: Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos)
Correct Answer: Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos)

Question 7
4 out of 4 points

Why does Pericles claim in his funeral speech that Athens is "the school of Hellas"?
Answer

Selected Answer: Athens taught all of Greece by its example
Correct Answer: Athens taught all of Greece by its example

Question 8
4 out of 4 points

Why was Socrates not a staunch defender of democracy?
Answer

Selected Answer: He believed that most people were incapable of exercising good government
Correct Answer: He believed that most people were incapable of exercising good government

Question 9
4 out of 4 points

How does the Kritios Boy define classical beauty?
Answer

Selected Answer: He shows a lively posture and a sense of action
Correct Answer: He shows a lively posture and a sense of action

Question 10
4 out of 4 points

Why does Sophocles' Antigone oppose her uncle, Creon?
Answer

Selected Answer: She believes that burying her brother is her democratic right
Correct Answer: She believes that burying her brother is her democratic right