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1
The term prehistory means a time before
A)people wrote history books.
B)people had written language.
C)people had libraries.
D)people could count.
E)people could talk.
2
The term Paleolithic refers to the
A)Old Stone Age.
B)Middle Stone Age.
C)New Stone Age.
D)Old Stones.
E)Old Dispensation.
3
Stone Age peoples
A)had stone houses.
B)used stone tools.
C)worshipped in stone temples.
D)built stone tombs.
E)used stone for building.
4
The term Homo sapiens literally means
A)simple man.
B)stupid man.
C)stoic man.
D)wise man.
E)genius.
5
A good example of a Paleolithic sculpture in the round is
A)the Venus of Laussel.
B)the Carnac menhir.
C)the Venus of Willendorf.
D)Stonehenge.
6
The main shapes in the Venus of Willendorf are
A)rectangular.
B)oval.
C)cubic.
D)trapezoidal.
E)triangular.
7
As used in this text, relief refers to a
A)rest.
B)vacation.
C)category of sculpture.
D)painted image.
E)post and lintel.
8
Which of the following is a logical interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?
A)an obese figure
B)a wealthy figure
C)a fertility figure
D)a pregnant figure
E)a blind figure
9
Pigment is
A)a racial characteristic.
B)color.
C)paint.
D)a painted relief.
E)watercolor.
10
Which of the following is Paleolithic?
A)Venus of Laussel
B)Stonehenge
C)Carnac menhirs
D)Carnac dolmen
11
Which is NOT related to making sculpture?
A)carving
B)modeling
C)relief
D)post and lintel
E)incising
12
A kiln is used
A)for cooking dinner.
B)for heating pigments.
C)for baking clay.
D)for cooking herbs.
E)for drying wet paint.
13
Many of the Lascaux cave paintings of animals could be described as
A)painted relief.
B)stylized.
C)old fashioned.
D)superimposed.
E)stick figures.
14
An important cultural change from Paleolithic to Neolithic is
A)from nomadic to agricultural.
B)from megalithic to caves.
C)from pottery to sculpture.
D)from warlike to peaceful.
E)from illiterate to literate.
15
The "Chinese Horse" cave painting is so named because
A)it was found in a cave in Northern China.
B)it features an ancient form of a Chinese character.
C)it resembles Chinese ceramic horses of the Han Dynasty.
D)the "paint" used was made from ground-up china.
E)the group that discovered it were Chinese.





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