AR310 WEEK4 QUIZ

a310-  Week 4 Quiz – AR310 Ancient Art: Tombs and Treasures

QUESTION 1

In many ways the underworld was considered dangerous, but there were also benefits for the deceased. Explain how it was important for king’s to build their funerary tombs as part of the sun god’s cycle. 5 points   

QUESTION 2

Explain how King Hatsheput came into rule during the 18th Dynasty.

10 points   

QUESTION 3

Which king had the largest funerary complex at Thebes?

5 points   

QUESTION 4

Red quartzite shrines were built into temples to set down the sacred _____________ carrying the cult statue of the deity.

5 points   

QUESTION 5

Red granite was used in statues as a symbolic statement about the king’s connections to deities and the sun.

[removed] True

[removed] False

5 points   

QUESTION 6

King Amenhotep’s depictions underwent a physical change after his first sed-festival at the temple of Luxor. What was different about his characteristics, and what did he now wear? 5 points   

QUESTION 7

Both palaces and temples were built as microcosms of the world from its very beginning.

[removed] True

[removed] False

5 points   

QUESTION 8

In contrast to the temples, there was little decoration relating directly to the deities. Instead, what types of images would you find in a palace?

10 points   

QUESTION 9

During the Festival of the Wadi, the living crossed to the west bank to visit their tombs of their relatives. During this visit, they would:

5 points   

QUESTION 10

Often the stone in rock-cut tombs was too poor in quality to create reliefs. Describe the decoration technique used in these situations.

5 points   

QUESTION 11

Pleated garments, such as those shown on this wooden statue, became fashionable in the late ____________ Dynasty.

5 points   

QUESTION 12

This eye symbol called a _________________ is associated with the god Horus and was often depicted on amulets on coffins. The drop and spiral imitate the marking of a falcon, and represents healing and ‘making whole’.

5 points   

QUESTION 13

The goddess _________________ is represented as a vulture with outstretched wings, and included in funerary decoration at the temple of King Hatshepsut.

5 points   

QUESTION 14

Many time statues would be holding nujars, and the hieroglyph of the nu-jar generally meant what?

5 points   

QUESTION 15

Why does King Hatshepsut generally disappear from sources, even after her reign was considered successful?

5 points   

QUESTION 16

Describe what a stelophorous statue looks like.

5 points   

QUESTION 17

Due to King Amenhotep’s increased emphasis on the solar aspects of deities, large open ____________ courts were now included in many temple complexes.

5 points   

QUESTION 18

On stela depictions in the 18th Dynasty, only royal and divine figures could be placed below the sun disk.

[removed] True

[removed] False

QUESTION 19

Look at two of the greatest of Egypt’s temples:  Amun at Karnak and Luxor.  Using at least research source outside of our text, pick out a “specific feature” of one or the other and tell what you think this feature tells us about the Egyptian religion or the kingship.

Make every effort to demonstrate in their responses that you understand. 75 words