Egyptian Example Quiz
Name __________________________________________________________________________
1. A columned hallway in an Egyptian New Kingdom temple is called a/an ____________________________ hall. (5 pts.)
2. Egyptian obelisks were derived from pyramidal stones known as the sacred
a) ben ben b) mastaba c) pylon d) serekh (5 pts.)
3. What role did Senmut have during the reign of Queen Hatsehpsut? (10 pts.)
4. The 60 foot long portico (entrance hall) at the Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel is decorated with eight pillars, showing Rameses II in the form of a _______________________.
(5 pts.)
5. Who is the pharaoh seen to the right?
(5 pts.)
6. The pharaoh to the
right is depicted in the
_____________________ style. (5 pts.)
7. True or False: The technique of “fresco secco” is where artists paint on wet plaster. (5 pts.)
8. How is
Nebamun depicted differently from his wife and daughter in his New
Kingdom tomb frescoes? (10 pts
Identify all of the objects the arrows are pointing to…
(2 pts each) and the Name of the
Artifact (4 pts.)
9. True or False: Hatshepsut had herself depicted with a naked male upper torso, short kilt and royal beard. (5 pts.)
10. Why was the Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel moved in the 1960s? (5 pts.)
11. Which of the following was NOT part of the temple of Amen-Re at Karnak? (5 pts.)
a) a mastaba b) a clerestory c) a pylon d) a hypostyle hall
12. This work was created during the (5 pts.)
a) Predynastic period
b) Old Kingdom
c) Middle Kingdom
d) New Kingdom
13. Which of the following is NOT seen in the image at the right above? (5 pts.)
a) hierarchical proportion
b) figures in profile
c) a pharaoh and his family in the afterlife
d) increasing use of naturalism for decreasing rank
14. Name the architect of this structure and its specific location. How did the
design of
this structure and its surrounding complex function symbolically? (5 pts.)
