ROMAN Multiple Choice Questions for Review
1
The Column of Trajan commemorates the emperor's victory over the Dacians in what is now:
A
Sicily
B
Tuscany
C
Romania
D
Greece
2
Pompeii is located_______________________.
A
Near Athens
B
Outside of Venice
C
South of Rome
D
North of Rome
3
The Faiyum portraits such a "Portrait of a Boy" were created in __________________.
A
Rome
B
Crete
C
Dacia
D
Lower Egypt
4
The Arch of Titus illustrates Roman soldiers looting the Jewish Temple in________________.
A
Athens
B
Nimrud
C
Jerusalem
D
Jericho
5
A series of separate paintings dealing with one theme form a group called a_____________.
A
mosaic
B
cycle
C
continuous relief
D
continuous narrative
6
When an artist needs to consult a source for figures, symbols and other decorative motifs, that
occur with frequency in art, he may view a ______________________.
A
graffiti
B
pattern book
C
coin collection
D
codex
7
The Romans hid the unattractive concrete surfaces of buildings with ___________________.
A
a facing of brick, stone, marble or plaster
B
a coat of paint
C
decorative textiles
D
terracotta medallions
8
The first style of Roman wall painting consisted of_________________________________.
A
landscape and gardens
B
imitations of colored marble paneling
C
architectural vistas
D
geometric abstraction
9
The most important antecedent for marble portrait busts was_______________________.
A
Hellenistic floor mosaics
B
Etruscan portraiture
C
Egyptian wood sculpture
D
Wax ancestor portraits
10
The coffers in the Pantheon were gilded or covered with___________________.
A
fresco painting
B
gold
C
semi-precious stones
D
terra cotta roundels
11
The Pantheon is revolutionary principally because of its___________________.
A
huge, interior space, created without internal supporting columns
B
rotunda
C
use of aediculae or niches framed by columns
D
oculus
12
A long hall used for legal and administrative purposes was called a ____________________.
A
triumphal arch
B
tablinium
C
groin vault
D
basilica
13
The Romans were able to develop interior spaces to an unprecedented degree due to the
_______.
A
tunnel or barrel vault
B
concrete
C
arch
D
all of the above
14
The military engineer credited with designing the Column of Trajan is_______________.
A
Antinous
B
Vespasian
C
Vitruvius
D
Apollodorus of Damascus
15
Pliny the Elder died during the eruption of Vesuvius near____________________.
A
Ostia
B
Ravenna
C
Pompeii
D
Rome
16
_______________________________was the first Christian emperor. He proclaimed tolerance
for that religion in AD 313.
A
Trajan
B
Vespasian
C
Constantine
D
Eusebius
17
Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles form a (an)__________________________.
A
arch
B
tunnel vault
C
dome
D
groin vault
18
What medium was used for the Portrait of a Boy?
A
watercolor on papyrus
B
encaustic on panel
C
encaustic on cloth
D
oil paint on cloth
19
The amphitheater that featured superimposed columns from all three orders on its exterior was
the ________________________.
A
Palace of Diocletian at Split
B
Pantheon
C
Arch of Constantine
D
Colosseum
20
The weight of the dome of the Pantheon is carried by______________________.
A
the colonnade, entablature and pediment
B
the pillars, drum of the dome and ribs
C
the interior load bearing rows of columns
D
groin vaults, tunnel vaults and arches
21
Roofing the nave of a basilica separately from the side aisles allows for the introduction of light
through a ___________________________.
A
pediment
B
tablinum
C
clerestory
D
oculus
22
______________________were receptacles which replaced the cinerary urn as the population
embraced the idea of an afterlife?
A
shaft graves
B
sarcophagus
C
amphora
D
mastaba
23
A structure such as the Pont Du Gard which was used to channel water long distances is an____.
A
aquaduct
B
dome
C
insula
D
voissoir
24
The Pont Du Gard is located near Nimes in southern _________________.
A
France
B
Germany
C
England
D
Greece
25
The Arch of Constantine was intentionally built with sculpture from earlier monuments:
A
solely because skilled sculptors could not be found
B
to show Constantine as the restorer of Roman glory
C
to place him in the ranks of the " good emperors"
D
B and C
26
On the Arch of Titus the devices for suggesting spatial depth include:
A
overlapping
B
architecture is placed at an angle to the picture plane
C
foreshortening
D
all of the above
27
In order to enhance Constantine's authority, he was depicted in the frieze of his arch as
being_______________.
A
in the center of the composition
B
smaller than the other figures
C
in the frontal pose reserved for human or divine rulers
D
A and C
28
A distinguishing feature of the Roman home is the central hall open to the sky called the
___________________.
A
oculus
B
atrium
C
tablinium
D
groin vault
29
The room in a Roman house used for the preservation of family records is the ___________.
A
coffer
B
tablinium
C
clerestory
D
atrium
30
The Temple of Fortuna Virilis was influenced by:
A
the Etruscan temple podium and porch
B
Mycenaean tholos (round) temples
C
the Greek Ionic order
D
B and C