Windows on the World

Please answer all the questions

1		Which is not a feature of the chaitya hall?
			A)	stupa
			B)	apse
			C)	ambulatory
			D)	nave
			E)	clerestory
2		Viharas are best described as
			A)	Buddhist shrines
			B)	residences for Buddhist monks
			C)	cave sanctuaries
			D)	spaces inside chaitya halls
			E)	Buddhist robes
3		The term "elephant-backed" refers to
			A)	a barrel-vault
			B)	a monumental nave
			C)	a stupa in the chaitya hall
			D)	the chaitya columns
			E)	none of the above
4		A mithuna is a representation of
			A)	a king and queen
			B)	a prince and princess
			C)	a pair of figures
			D)	a loving couple
			E)	a yakshi and yaksha
5		Which is true of the Guptas
			A)	they were mainly Buddhist
			B)	they were Buddhists who patronized Hindu sculpture
			C)	they were mainly Hindu and objected to Buddhist art
			D)	they were Hindu and fostered Buddhist art
			E)	none of the above
6		In the late 5th century, the new type of Buddha image that emerged.
			A)	showed Buddha aniconically
			B)	synthesized iconic and narrative form
			C)	synthesized naturalism with stylization
			D)	showed the influence of Greco-Roman forms
			E)	both a and b
7		The best remains of painting under the Gupta are at
			A)	Karli
			B)	Ajanta
			C)	Gandhara
			D)	Shaanxi
			E)	Viharas
8		The medium used for Indian mural painting was
			A)	fresco
			B)	oil
			C)	encaustic and fresco
			D)	tempera
			E)	tempera and encaustic
9		Which is most true of the surviving iconography at Ajanta?
			A)	it is primarily secular
			B)	it is exclusively religious
			C)	it is religious and political
			D)	it is political and military
			E)	it is secular and political
10		Padmapani means
			A)	Buddha receiving enlightenment
			B)	Lotus Bearer
			C)	Enthroned bodhisattva
			D)	Praying Buddha
			E)	Emperor
11		Which is most true of Ajanta pictorial style?
			A)	it is stylized
			B)	the figures are frontal
			C)	there is an emphasis on naturalism
			D)	the subjects are mainly erotic
			E)	Buddha is represented aniconically
12		Sutras are
			A)	Vedic texts
			B)	Sanskrit texts
			C)	Aryan texts
			D)	Buddhist texts
			E)	erotic texts
13		Buddhism expanded in China from
			A)	the 2nd to the 7th centuries
			B)	the 1st to the 6th centuries
			C)	the 3rd to the 5th centuries
			D)	the 4th to the 6th centuries
			E)	the 4th to the 7th centuries
14		In the late 4th and early 5th centuries in China, which dynasty presided over monumental artistic programs?
			A)	the Han
			B)	the Gupta
			C)	the Qin
			D)	the Tang
			E)	the Wei
15		Which is not true of the Buddha sculptures at Yungang?
			A)	they are colossal in size
			B)	they show traces of Gandharan influence
			C)	they are carved out of marble
			D)	they appear remote
			E)	they are carved out of existing rock
16		The cults of Maitreya and Amitabha
			A)	revived beliefs in nirvana
			B)	were unusually austere
			C)	decreased Buddhist imagery
			D)	emphasized rebirth in paradise
			E)	were influenced by Greek art
17		The Vairochana Buddha
			A)	embodied Buddha's enlightenment
			B)	the attainment of nirvana
			C)	Buddha's spirituality
			D)	Buddha's power
			E)	is a narrative image