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1

The inclusive dates of Etruscan civilization are about
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.
2

The term "Etruscan" is
A)Lydian
B)Roman
C)Greek
D)Tyrrhenian
E)English
3

The Etruscan script was derived from
A)Anatolian
B)Latin
C)Phoenician
D)Egyptian
E)Linear B
4

The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made by
A)the lost-wax method
B)baking terracotta in a kiln
C)carving stone
D)modeling clay
E)none of the above
5

The Wounded Chimera is closest in style to
A)Greek Classical sculpture
B)Greek Hellenistic sculpture
C)Mycenaean gold work
D)Greek Archaic sculpture
E)Greek Black-Figure
6

Which of the following make the best pair?
A)tombs and temples
B)mirrors and media
C)urns and sarcophagi
D)frescoes and finials
E)tombs and sarcophagi
7

The Etruscan buried their dead in
A)citadels
B)pyramids
C)above-ground graves
D)tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead"
E)their households
8

The arch was invented in
A)Etruria
B)Mesopotamia
C)Greece
D)Rome
E)Egypt
9

Which is least likely to be found in large-scale Etruscan tombs?
A)mirrors
B)chairs
C)frescoes
D)ashes
E)gold
10

Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as
A)pyramids
B)houses
C)urns
D)underground temples
E)beds
11

Which is not true of the sarcophagus from Cerveteri?
A)it is made of terracotta
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
12

Etruria was located in what today is
A)west-central Italy
B)southern Italy
C)northern Italy
D)southwestern Italy
E)Sicily
13

A popular Etruscan building material was
A)concrete
B)tufa
C)travertine
D)terracotta
E)concrete
14

A necropolis is a
A)someone who likes dead people
B)an underground city
C)a city beneath the sea
D)a city of the dead
E)a sarcophagus
15

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
E)an entrance archway







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