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## Art History Quiz 1. The Venus of Willendorf is a statue of: a. Venus de Milo b. an anonymous fertile woman c. a pregnant Venus d. the goddess of love 2. The paintings in the Villa of Mysteries were done by the: a. Nigerians b. Greeks c. Romans d. Bamana 3. The...

## Art History Quiz 1. The Venus of Willendorf is a statue of: a. Venus de Milo b. an anonymous fertile woman c. a pregnant Venus d. the goddess of love 2. The paintings in the Villa of Mysteries were done by the: a. Nigerians b. Greeks c. Romans d. Bamana 3. The Primordial Couple of the Dogon represents: a. Adam and Eve b. Venus and Mars c. Dionysos and Ariadne d. father and mother of all 4. There are many symbols in Jan van Eyck's *The Wedding*, including: a. a church and priest b. an empty chandelier c. oranges d. cats and a bird 5. An odalisque was a member of: a. Parliament b. a harem c. a church d. a family 6. Georgia O'Keeffe's works are often extreme close ups of: a. flowers b. trees c. fruits d. faces 7. In prehistoric times fertility was: a. taken for granted b. discouraged c. encouraged d. an important concern 8. Louise Bourgeois' *Blind Man's Bluff* is a sculpture of: a. blind men playing a game b. a male torso c. a pregnant woman d. bulbous forms 9. In Mesopotamia, _____ symbols developed into the first writing. a. hieroglyphic b. rebus c. arabesque d. cuneiform 10. Early cities in the New Stone Age fos tered the: a. equality of the sexes b. development of hunting and gathering c. division of labor d. suspicion of religion 11. In Mesopotamia, the early city states were between the Tigris and the: a. Mississippi b. Nile c. Lagash d. Euphrates 12. The Indus River Valley is in present day: a. India b. China c. Afghanistan d. Pakistan 13. Historically in India, images of ideal erotic sexuality were: a. common in temples and miniature paintings b. rare due to the morality of the culture c. controversial and kept hidden in people's homes d. banned by various controlling rulers 14. In nineteenth-century Europe, ______ paintings were an acceptable way to present images of nude women. a. miniature b. abstract c. cloudy d. mythological 15. When an artist paints thickly and directly onto the canvas, the work is called a(n) ______ painting. a. contrappasto b. alla prima c. plein aire d. chiaroscuro 16. Many critics have associated Georgia O'Keeffe's imagery with: a. the female body b. Aboriginal contour paintings c. early fertility figures d. Japanese shunga prints 17. Stiff, angular female marble figures from the Cycladic Islands, often called ______, were found in burial sites. a. plank idols b. odalisques c. Potawatomi d. akua'ba dolls 18. A(n) ______ is associated with creation myths and is the mother and father of all humankind. a. odalisque b. primordial couple c. Aztec couple d. Shunga 19. A(n) ______ is a member of a Turkish harem. a. pilegesh b. kippumjo c. odalisque d. seraglio 20. Near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, the ______ built large, truncated pyramid mounds topped with temples. a. Texans b. Iowans c. Illinoisans d. Mississippians