Question 1

What is the primary function of architectural coffering?

Accepted Answer

A)   To expand interior space
B)   To lighten weight of dome or arch
C)   To help build roads
D)   To enable accurate measurementsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 2

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What is the find context of this garden fresco?

Accepted Answer

A)   House of the Vetii
B)   Villa of Livia
C)   Samnite House
D)   Villa of Agrippa PostumusE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

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What technique was used to create the hairstyle of this portrait?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lost wax
B)   Carving
C)   Repoussé
D)   DrillingE) All of the above
F) A) and C) D

Question 4

Why did many freed slaves order portrait reliefs for their tombs?

Accepted Answer

A)   To celebrate their immortality via portraiture
B)   As a reminder of their former status as slaves
C)   To maintain their new status in the afterlife
D)   To commemorate their status as Roman citizensE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

What earlier monument is a model for the procession of the imperial family on the Ara Pacis Augustae?

Accepted Answer

A)   Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina
B)   Tomb of the Leopards
C)   Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
D)   Panathenaic frieze from the ParthenonE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

In contrast to Greek temples, what was the usual architectural scheme of Roman temples?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stylobate foundation
B)   Built into hillside
C)   Wood building material
D)   PseudoperipteralE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia relied on which structural component?

Accepted Answer

A)   Long stretches of post-and-lintel groups
B)   Monumental concrete barrel vaults
C)   Ashlar masonry overlaid by plaster
D)   Interwoven apsidal and rectangular formsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

What Roman building type was the home of the vast majority of citizens of Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)   Insula
B)   Basilica
C)   Domus
D)   BathE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The figures from the frieze of the Villa of Mysteries are thought to be taking part in an initiation into the cult of which divine figure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Persephone
B)   Dionysus
C)   Sol Invictus
D)   MithrasE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

What accounts for the increasing presence of sarcophagi in Roman art after the time of Augustus?

Accepted Answer

A)   Change in emperor cult
B)   Influx of Egyptian stoneworkers
C)   More land usable for burial
D)   Increasing popularity of ChristianityE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

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Which component of a Roman house plan is the focus of this image?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cubiculum
B)   Caldarium
C)   Atrium
D)   TricliniumE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Which Roman temple design during the Republican period reflected the colossal design of the Greek Hellenistic style?

Accepted Answer

A)   Temple of Portunus, Rome
B)   Temple of Vesta, Tivoli
C)   Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina
D)   Pantheon, RomeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Question 13

Which emperor was responsible for the construction of the Pantheon in Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)   Trajan
B)   Augustus
C)   Hadrian
D)   ConstantineE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

The palace at Tivoli was constructed for which emperor?

Accepted Answer

A)   Augustus
B)   Nero
C)   Hadrian
D)   TrajanE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The exterior of the Colosseum combined the Greek post-and-lintel structure of columns and entablature with what Roman form?

Accepted Answer

A)   Groin vault
B)   Podium
C)   Caldarium
D)   ArchE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Where would an oculus be found?

Accepted Answer

A)   In the wall of a temple
B)   At the upper center of a dome
C)   At the center of a Roman peristyle
D)   In the apse of a basilicaE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

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What important Roman figure is portrayed here?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mars
B)   Hadrian
C)   Jupiter
D)   AugustusE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

What was the purpose of imperial portrait statues?

Accepted Answer

A)   To provide an objective record
B)   To mold public opinion
C)   To give a sense of the emperor's omniscience
D)   To have a unified program of presentationE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

What influence is apparent in the lifelike verism of Roman Republican portraits?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hellenistic portraiture tradition
B)   Etruscan funereal sculpture
C)   Roman household imagines
D)   Egyptian pharaonic portraitureE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT built by Augustus in his program to make the monuments of Rome the equal of those of Periclean Athens?

Accepted Answer

A)   Altar
B)   Forum
C)   Palace
D)   TempleE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 7: The Roman Empire

What is the primary function of architectural coffering?

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​ What is the find context of this garden fresco?

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​ What technique was used to create the hairstyle of this portrait?

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Why did many freed slaves order portrait reliefs for their tombs?

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What earlier monument is a model for the procession of the imperial family on the Ara Pacis Augustae?

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In contrast to Greek temples, what was the usual architectural scheme of Roman temples?

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The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia relied on which structural component?

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What Roman building type was the home of the vast majority of citizens of Rome?

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The figures from the frieze of the Villa of Mysteries are thought to be taking part in an initiation into the cult of which divine figure?

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What accounts for the increasing presence of sarcophagi in Roman art after the time of Augustus?

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​ Which component of a Roman house plan is the focus of this image?

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Which Roman temple design during the Republican period reflected the colossal design of the Greek Hellenistic style?

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Which emperor was responsible for the construction of the Pantheon in Rome?

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The palace at Tivoli was constructed for which emperor?

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The exterior of the Colosseum combined the Greek post-and-lintel structure of columns and entablature with what Roman form?

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Where would an oculus be found?

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​ What important Roman figure is portrayed here?

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What was the purpose of imperial portrait statues?

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What influence is apparent in the lifelike verism of Roman Republican portraits?

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Which of the following was NOT built by Augustus in his program to make the monuments of Rome the equal of those of Periclean Athens?

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