CHAPTER 6 – Test Bank
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The inclusive dates of Etruscan civilization are approximately
a. 1200–300 B.C.
b. 1400– 600 B.C.
c. 800–100 B.C.
d. 1000–300 B.C.
e. 1000–100 B.C.
Answer: e
2. The term “Etruscan” is
a. Lydian.
b. Roman.
c. Greek.
d. Tyrrhenian.
Answer: b
3. The Etruscan script was derived from
a. Anatolian.
b. Latin.
c. Phoenician.
d. Egyptian.
e. Linear B.
Answer: c
4. The Apollo of Veii is made of
a. bronze.
b. wood.
c. marble.
d. terra-cotta.
Answer: d
5. The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made
a. with the lost-wax method.
b. by baking terracotta in a kiln.
c. by carving stone.
d. by modeling clay.
Answer: a
6. The Wounded Chimera is closest in style to
a. Greek Classical sculpture.
b. Greek Hellenistic sculpture.
c. Mycenaean goldwork.
d. Greek Archaic sculpture.
e. Greek black-figure.
Answer: d
7. Which of the following make the best pair?
a. tombs and temples
b. mirrors and media
c. urns and sarcophagi
d. frescoes and finials
Answer: c
8. Which of the following is NOT a correct match between the Etruscan and the Greek?
a. Hera and Herakles
b. Uni and Hera
c. Aplu and Apollo
d. Nethuns and Neptune
Answer: a
9. The arch was invented in
a. Etruria.
b. Mesopotamia.
c. Greece.
d. Rome.
e. Egypt.
Answer: b
10. The Etruscans buried their dead in
a. citadels.
b. pyramids.
c. above-ground graves.
d. tombs made like houses in “cities of the dead.”
Answer: d
11. Which is LEAST likely to be found in large-scale Etruscan tombs?
a. mirrors
b. chairs
c. frescoes
d. ashes
Answer: d
12. Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as
a. pyramids.
b. houses.
c. urns.
d. underground temples.
Answer: b
13. Important Etruscan tombs were discovered at
a. Cerveteri.
b. Paestum.
c. Rome.
d. Athens.
Answer: a
14. Terracotta sarcophagi showing life-sized reclining figures are most typical of the
a. republican Romans.
b. Etruscans.
c. Greeks.
d. Sumerians.
Answer: b
15. The Etruscans used ________ for sculpture.
a. bronze
b. gold
c. terracotta
d. a and c
Answer: d
16. The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show
a. events from everyday life.
b. banqueters and dancers.
c. battle scenes.
d. scenes of female admiration of male heroism.
Answer: b
17. Which is NOT true of the sarcophagus from Cerveteri?
a. It is made of terra-cotta.
b. It dates to around 520 B.C.
c. It is close to Greek Archaic in style.
d. It is now in Rome.
e. It shows a sleeping couple on the lid.
Answer: e
18. Etruria was located in what today is
a. west-central Italy.
b. southern Italy.
c. northern Italy.
d. southwestern Italy.
e. Sicily.
Answer: a
19. A popular Etruscan building material was
a. concrete.
b. tufa.
c. travertine.
d. terracotta.
Answer: b
20. Etruscan metalwork is seen in
a. lost-wax sculpture.
b. jewelry.
c. everyday objects.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
21. Etruscan art
a. is lively.
b. is functional.
c. incorporates rigid frontality and symmetry.
d. is geometric.
Answer: a
22. The Etruscans used a ________-style column.
a. Doric
b. Ionic
c. Corinthian
d. Bull-capital
Answer: a
23. An Etruscan temple was entered from
a. the side only.
b. the back only.
c. the front only.
d. any side.
Answer: c
24. The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had
a. exterior decoration.
b. a columned porch.
c. a pitched roof.
d. a podium reached by climbing many steps.
Answer: d
25. Architectural sculpture decorated the ________ of the Etruscan temple.
a. interior
b. roof
c. pediment
d. sides
Answer: b
26. A necropolis is
a. someone who likes dead people.
b. an underground city.
c. a city beneath the sea.
d. a city of the dead.
Answer: d