Pre-History Quiz Example

1. Discuss the social and economic changes that took place in human development from the Paleolithic through the Neolithic periods and the ways in which art was affected by those changes. 

2. What is one of the suggested functions of the Lady of Willendorf?

3. Evaluate the importance of Jericho to urban development.

4. An important series of caves with paintings from the Paleolithic period is located in…

            a. England

            b. Italy

            c. Germany

            d. France

5. What is a lintel?

            a. upright beam

            b. beam used to span an opening

            c. a form of volcanic stone

            d. a type of marble

6. Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as…

            a. free standing

            b. engraved

            c. high relief

            d. bas relief

7. Explain what characteristics Art historians use when identifying an object as a piece of art.