Question 1
The ziggurat was invented by which of the following ancient civilizations?
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Persian
Achaemenid Empire
Question 2
Which of the following Medieval sagas includes a warrior hero who fights the monster Grendel?
Lancelot
Beowulf
Divine Comedy
Song of Roland
Question 3
Which of the following artists created the "Pietà"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Raphael Sanzio
Question 4
If a poet were concerned about syntax, the poet would pay attention to which of the following?
Extravagant language
Symbolic language
Word order
The sounds of consonants
Question 5
A focus on immortality was an important part of which of the following ancient civilizations?
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Persian
Achaemenid Empire
Question 6
Which of the following Renaissance thinkers explored the nature of political power and self-interest for rulers?
Dante
Machiavelli
Chaucer
Cervantes
Question 7
The following is an example of _________.
Pictorialism
Mannerism
Functionalism
Minimalism
Question 8
Which of the following architectural periods developed the use of flying buttresses?
Greek
Roman
Romanesque
Gothic
Question 9
Classical Greek plays were meant to elicit ___________ for their audience.
logos
eros
catharsis
hubris
Question 10
This structure was built in which architectural period?
Roman
Romanesque
Early Gothic
Late Gothic
Question 11
A _____________ is a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically found in an opera or oratorio.
Rondo
Nocturne
Fugue
Aria
Question 12
Consider this stanza of poetry from Robert Burns ("A Red, Red Rose"):
O, my luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my luve is like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.
Which of the following strategies has Burns used in the stanza?
Simile
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Question 13
Which of the following is often considered the leading figure of the Renaissance?
Niccolò Machiavelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Thomas More
Martin Luther
Question 14
Zoroastrianism flourished during which of the following historical periods?
Egypt's New Kingdom
Egypt's Old Kingdom
Old Babylonian Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Question 15
Which of the following structures is Gothic?
Question 16
Who wrote the early Christian book City of God?
Augustine of Hippo
the Apostle Peter
the Apostle Paul
Constantine I
Question 17
Which of the following describes a 14-line poem with a rhyming couplet at the end?
Lyric
Sonnet
Ode
Elegy
Question 18
A spontaneous, unstructured, creative, passionate reaction is considered ______________.
Apollonian
Dionysian
Utilitarian
Deontological
Question 19
Which of the following ancient rulers established the first written legal codes?
Hammurabi
Tutankhamun
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great
Question 20
Music that is written in a way that avoids centering around a specific key is referred to as _________ music.
Tonal
Atonal
Harmonic
Symphonic
Question 21
Name the following Roman work of art.
Augustus of Prima Porta
Capitoline Brutus
Marcus Aurelius
Charioteer of Delphi
Question 22
Consider this line spoken by the title character in Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth: "Life's but a walking shadow." Which of the following strategies has Shakespeare used in this line?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Symbolism
Question 23
Which of the following ancient texts both featured an account of the creation of man and woman and the story of a worldwide flood?
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead and the Torah
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah
The Iliad and the Book of the Dead
Question 24
What does this painting, The Siege of Constantinople depict?
It depicts the siege of the city by Crusaders.
It depicts the siege of the city by Islamic forces.
It depicts the siege of the city by the Franks.
It depicts the siege of the city by the Moors.
Question 25
Name the following Gothic work of art.
Notre Dame de Chartres
Mont Saint-Michel
Speyer Cathedral
Notre Dame de Paris
Question 26
Geoffrey Chaucer authored which of the following Medieval works?
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
The Song of Roland
Lancelot
Question 27
Which of the following was Virgil's most influential work?
Iliad
Eclogues
Georgics
Aeneid
Question 28
Who wrote Commentaries on the Gallic War?
Cicero
Horace
Tacitus
Julius Caesar
Question 29
Which of the following artists created "The Birth of Venus"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Raphael Sanzio
Question 30
The following two-dimensional image is an example of visual ____________.
Harmony
Symmetry
Texture
Focus
Question 31
The minuet is an example of _______________.
court dance
folkloric dance
ritual dance
a maypole dance
Question 32
Which of the following statements is false?
Muslim attempts to advance further into Western Europe were halted at the Battle of Tours in 732.
Muslims ruled parts of Spain and the Iberian Peninsula only for some 50 years.
Culture and science flourished during the Golden Age of Islam.
The Ottoman Turks ended the Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinople.
Question 33
Which of the following sculptures is from the Renaissance?
Question 34
Which of the following describes iambic pentameter?
A 3-syllable foot occurring five times in a line.
A 2-syllable foot occurring four times in a line.
A 3-syllable foot occurring four times in a line.
A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line.
Question 35
What is the hero's journey also called?
the cycle of life
the collective unconscious
the monomyth
the denouement
Question 36
The Tower of Babel is credited to which of the following ancient civilizations?
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Persian
Achaemenid Empire
Question 37
What period does this work of art come from?
Hellenistic Greece
Gothic
Romanesque
Renaissance
Question 38
In which of the following plays does the main character blind himself when he discovers the tragic fulfillment of a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother?
Aristophanes's The Frogs
Euripides's Medea
Sophocles's Oedipus the King
Aeschylus's Oresteia
Question 39
Which of the following plays by Shakespeare focuses on themes of jealousy and betrayal?
Macbeth
Othello
Love's Labor Lost
The Tempest
Question 40
Consider the following passage:
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
Who was it written by?
Sir Thomas More
Niccolò Machiavelli
William Shakespeare
Cervantes