Chapter Ten: Art and Ritual Life Quiz
Question 1
The Egyptians in Italy decorated their tumuli, or pyramids, with images they wished to have in the afterlife, which included dancers and musicians, provisions, and household items.
False
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The Etruscans in Italy decorated their tumuli with images they wished to have in the afterlife.
Question 2
A Heiau is a Hawaiian temple composed of a Polynesian raised earthen or stone temple platform in an enclosed area that might also contain stone markers and cult images.
Question 3
Buddhist mandalas are a visual spiritual religious ritual
That symbolized the universe
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Buddhist mandalas are a visual spiritual religious ritual that symbolized the universe, Mandala means ‘circle’ in Sanskrit
Question 4
Both bell towers and minarets are used/were used to call the faithful to worship and prayer.
True
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Christian bell towers call/called the faithful to worship while minarets call/called Muslims to prayer 5 times a day
Question 5
In addition to warriors, the Chinese Terracotta Army for Emperor Chin’s mausoleum included acrobats, singers, dancers, and a strongman
True
Question 6
Fountains and pools have artistic accommodations in religious settings for followers to preform Ritual Ablutions
Question 7
Limbourg Brothers illustrated a Book of Hours for the duke with images of
The 12 months and scenes of the life of the Virgin Mary
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During the 15th century, the Limbourg Brothers illustrated a Book of Hours for Duke Jean de Berry with images of the 12 months such as January and scenes of the life of the Virgin Mary such as the Nativity
Question 8
Ritualistic costumes are still an important part of ritual ceremonies around the world for all but which animist tribal culture?
The Etruscans in Italy
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The Etruscans lived from around 800 BCE to 264 BCE and were not animist, where forces of nature, objects, and animals are all thought to have spirits or essences.
Question 9
Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England
Was a ritual space with astrological significance
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Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England was constructed over the course of 1500 years (c. 3000 - 1600 BCE). As a ritual, liturgical space, it has astrological significance and aligns with the summer solstice
Question 10
Choose the answer that is NOT correct about liturgical furnishings
The ancient pagan Romans never made animal sacrifices in their sacred spaces
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The ancient pagan Romans made animal sacrifices in their sacred spaces, as shown on a scenes of sacrifice