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A necropolis is a


A) someone who likes dead people
B) an underground city
C) a city beneath the sea
D) a city of the dead

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The term "Etruscan" is


A) Lydian
B) Roman
C) Greek
D) Tyrrhenian

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Terracotta sarcophagi showing life-sized reclining figures are most typical of the __________.


A) republican Romans
B) Etruscans
C) Greeks
D) Sumerians

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as


A) pyramids
B) houses
C) urns
D) underground temples

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had __________.


A) exterior decoration
B) a columned porch
C) a pitched roof
D) a podium reached by climbing many steps

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Architectural sculpture decorated the _______ of the Etruscan temple?


A) interior
B) roof
C) pediment
D) sides

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Etruscan metalwork is seen in


A) lost-wax sculpture
B) jewelry
C) everyday objects
D) all of the choices are correct.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show


A) events from everyday life
B) banqueters and dancers
C) battle scenes
D) scenes of female admiration of male heroism

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Important Etruscan tombs were discovered at __________.


A) Cerveteri
B) Paestum
C) Rome
D) Athens

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A popular Etruscan building material was


A) concrete
B) tufa
C) travertine
D) terracotta

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The Etruscans used a ________-style column.


A) Doric
B) Ionic
C) Corinthian
D) Bull-capital

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Etruscan art is __________.


A) lively
B) functional
C) rigid frontality and symmetry
D) geometric

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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The Etruscan script was derived from


A) Anatolian
B) Latin
C) Phoenician
D) Egyptian
E) Linear B

F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Which of the following do not match?


A) Hera and Herakles
B) Uni and Hera
C) Aplu and Apollo
D) Nethuns and Neptune

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made by


A) the lost-wax method
B) baking terracotta in a kiln
C) carving stone
D) modeling clay

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The arch was invented in


A) Etruria
B) Mesopotamia
C) Greece
D) Rome
E) Egypt

F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

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The Etruscans buried their dead in


A) citadels
B) pyramids
C) above-ground graves
D) tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead"

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Etruria was located in what today is


A) west-central Italy
B) southern Italy
C) northern Italy
D) southwestern Italy
E) Sicily

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following make the best pair?


A) tombs and temples
B) mirrors and media
C) urns and sarcophagi
D) frescoes and finials

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The Etruscans used _______ for sculpture?


A) bronze
B) gold
C) terracotta
D) bronze and terracotta

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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