Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions

1		The term "prehistory" means
			A)	before people wrote history books
			B)	before people had written language
			C)	before people had libraries
			D)	before people could count
			E)	before people could talk
2		The term "Paleolithic" refers to the
			A)	Old Stone Age
			B)	Middle Stone Age
			C)	New Stone Age
			D)	Old Stones
			E)	Old Writing
3		The term Homo sapiens literally means
			A)	simple man
			B)	stupid man
			C)	stoic man
			D)	wise man
			E)	genius
4		A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture-in-the-round is
			A)	the Venus of Laussel
			B)	the Tuc d'Audoubert Bison
			C)	the Venus of Willendorf
			D)	the Wandjina
			E)	the Mimi
5		The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are
			A)	rectangular
			B)	oval
			C)	cubic
			D)	trapezoidal
			E)	triangular
6		As used in this text, a "relief" is
			A)	a rest
			B)	a vacation
			C)	a category of sculpture
			D)	a painted image
			E)	a post and lintel
7		Pigment is
			A)	a racial characteristic
			B)	color
			C)	paint
			D)	painted relief
			E)	watercolor
8		Which of the following is NOT Paleolithic?
			A)	Venus of Laussel
			B)	Handprint of Pech-Merle
			C)	Mother Goddess from Tarxien
			D)	Stag from Lascaux
			E)	Jellyfish from Cosquer
9		Which of the following does NOT have a representation of a bison?
			A)	Altamira
			B)	Stonehenge
			C)	Tuc d'Audoubert
			D)	La Madelaine
			E)	only a & b
10		Which is NOT related to making sculpture?
			A)	carving
			B)	modeling
			C)	relief
			D)	post and lintel
			E)	incising
11		A kiln is used
			A)	for cooking dinner
			B)	for heating pigments
			C)	for baking clay
			D)	for cooking herbs
			E)	for drying wet paint
12		The so-called Shaman cave painting is at
			A)	Lascaux
			B)	Pech-Merle
			C)	Chauvet
			D)	Trois-Frères
			E)	Altamira
13		Which of the following is NOT found at Lascaux?
			A)	a hyena
			B)	a stag
			C)	horses
			D)	bulls
			E)	humans
14		To what does the Aboriginal Dreaming most refer?
			A)	Australian rituals
			B)	Australian myth
			C)	Australian dreams
			D)	Australian art
			E)	Australian folk tales
15		Which is NOT a subject of Aboriginal rock painting?
			A)	Mimi
			B)	Kangaroos
			C)	Wandjina
			D)	buffalo
			E)	all of the above
16		An important cultural change from Paleolithic to Neolithic is
			A)	from nomadic to agricultural
			B)	from megalithic to caves
			C)	from pottery to sculpture
			D)	from warlike to peaceful
			E)	from illiterate to literate
17		A trilithon is a
			A)	single post and lintel
			B)	three posts and lintels
			C)	a fossil
			D)	a three-part painting
			E)	a triple stone
18		Which is NOT connected to Stonehenge?
			A)	Aubrey Holes
			B)	Camelot
			C)	Sarsen
			D)	Marlborough Downs
			E)	Heel Stone
19		Who built Stonehenge?
			A)	Druids
			B)	Merlin
			C)	King Arthur
			D)	Men of Wessex
			E)	Men of Camelot
20		Which is true of the Beaker People?
			A)	hunted ducks
			B)	were nomads
			C)	made pottery
			D)	destroyed Stonehenge
			E)	were literate