• Delaware State University

• MVSC 101

QUIZ 4 PRINTABLE WORD DOCUMENT
1. The strategy of allowing conquered peoples to retain their own cultural traditions helped the
Islamic invaders to _____ and ______ the achievement of others, thus helping Islamic
civilization to achieve greatness.
synthesis/ build up
transformation/ ruin
tear down/ build up
change/ develop
harmonize/ romanticize
2. Islamic art is unlike Western art because it prohibits _________.
ceramics and pottery
painting and drawing
figural art in a religious context
abstract art
realistic art
3. Arabic calligraphy seems to go well with geometric and _______ designs.
algebraic
humanistic
floral
animalistic
florid
4. One of the most famous Arabic pieces of architecture is the Court of the Lions in the
________.
Granada
Alhambra
Alexandria
Mexuar
Mihrab
5. Persian artists produced beautifully illustrated books, which showed artistic influences from
______.
India
China
Japan
Syria
Spain
6. The Taj Mahal was commissioned by __________ as a tomb for his favorite wife.
Shah Jahan
Sultan Sanjar
Sinan
Selim Khan
Jahanghir
7. The Male Portrait Head in bronze was done for the royal court if Ife at the same time as the
______era in Europe.
Renaissance
Gothic
Romanesque
Early Christian
Byzantine
8. While influenced by the Ife work, the Benin bronzes are more _________.
realistic
rounded in shape
detailed
naturalistic
abstract
9. The Bamana of Mali are especially noted for their headdresses, which are of _______.
antelope
catfish
rabbits
deer
horses
10. In Nigeria, the Yoruba have a strong tradition of ___________.
lost-wax casting
bronze casting
clay work
gold work
wood work
11. African textiles feature long narrow strips of cloth, which are _____ and ______ together to
make garments or blankets.
crocheted and knitted
pasted and stenciled
woven and sewn
soaked and hemmed
dyed and patterned
12. African art greatly influenced the European __________.
Abstract Expressionists
Renaissance
Realists
Cubists
Impressionists
13. In many Melanesian societies, carved birds are shown with humans as symbols of ________.
Answer
hell
the soul
guides
flight
heaven
14. The royal clothes of the Hawaiians were made of ______.
gold