Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions

1		Neolithic in the Near East developed about ____ years earlier than in Europe:
			A)	1,000
			B)	2,000
			C)	3,000
			D)	4,000
			E)	5,000
2		Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in
			A)	Uruk
			B)	Jericho
			C)	Ur
			D)	Tell Asmar
			E)	none of the above
3		The largest Neolithic site so far discovered in the ancient Near East is located in modern
			A)	Iraq
			B)	Iran
			C)	Turkey
			D)	Jordan
			E)	Ur
4		Which of the following is not a Mesopotamian god?
			A)	Anu
			B)	Isis
			C)	Ishtar
			D)	Inanna
			E)	only a and b
5		Which of the following was found at Uruk?
			A)	The White Temple
			B)	The Abu Temple
			C)	The Ur Temple
			D)	The Stele of Naramsin
			E)	none of the above
6		Ziggurats are
			A)	symbolic temples
			B)	symbolic rivers
			C)	symbolic sculptures
			D)	symbolic mountains
			E)	symbolic pieces of jewelry
7		The earliest known writing is called
			A)	cuneiform
			B)	hieroglyphics
			C)	the alphabet
			D)	Akkadian
			E)	Phoenician
8		The first recorded epic is about
			A)	Noah
			B)	Odysseus
			C)	Abraham
			D)	Gilgamesh
			E)	Inanna
9		The staring, wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures
			A)	are apotropaic
			B)	are praying
			C)	are in the presence of a god
			D)	are terrified by evil spirits
			E)	are repenting
10		Sir Leonard Woolley discovered the site of
			A)	Ur
			B)	Tell Asmar
			C)	Uruk
			D)	Persepolis
			E)	Lagash
11		Sargon was
			A)	an Akkadian ruler
			B)	a Sumerian ruler
			C)	a Hittite ruler
			D)	the ruler of Lagash
			E)	the ruler of Ur
12		Gudea of Lagash thought of himself mainly as a patron of
			A)	cuneiform tablets
			B)	sculpture
			C)	architecture
			D)	paintings
			E)	poetry
13		A stele is
			A)	a knife
			B)	a weapon
			C)	a commemorative marker
			D)	a clay tablet
			E)	a city wall
14		Hammurabi is known for
			A)	the Epic of Gilgamesh
			B)	building the walls of Uruk
			C)	worshipping the sun god
			D)	making steles
			E)	a law code
15		The Hittite civilization was located in
			A)	modern Israel
			B)	modern Jordan
			C)	modern Iraq
			D)	modern Iran
			E)	modern Turkey
16		Which of the following does a Lamassu NOT have?
			A)	five legs
			B)	wings
			C)	a horned cap
			D)	a sword
			E)	a beard
17		Palace reliefs are most likely to have been found in
			A)	Uruk
			B)	Lagash
			C)	Babylon
			D)	Khorsabad
			E)	Hattusas
18		The Scythians are best known for
			A)	gold
			B)	diorite
			C)	pottery
			D)	temples
			E)	irrigation
19		The Apadana in Persepolis is
			A)	a gateway
			B)	a storage room
			C)	a sanctuary
			D)	an audience hall
			E)	an altar
20		Filippovka is located in
			A)	Anatolia
			B)	Russia
			C)	Bohemia
			D)	Persia
			E)	Afghanistan