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The archeologist who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 was __________.


A) Sir Arthur Evans
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Thomas Young
D) Howard Carter

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

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How might a Middle Kingdom town have been planned?

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__________ is the first architect known in history by name.


A) Imhotep
B) Narmer
C) Menes
D) Hasan

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

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What artwork survives from the Predynastic period of ancient Egypt?


A) reliefs carved on ivory and stone
B) wall paintings depicting people and animals
C) decorated pottery
D) all of the above

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

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Egyptian glassmakers used the technique of ____________glass to produce early glass objects such as the Fish Shaped Perfume Bottle .


A) blowing
B) slumping
C) core-formed
D) casting

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

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For millennia, artists depicted Egyptian royals as _________________ .


A) distinct individuals
B) deities
C) a composite of multiple viewpoints
D) abstract symbols

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

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The active pose of the Butcher may signify both ___________ and _______________.


A) equality with the pharaoh; member of the royal family
B) ability to perform a task; low social standing
C) high social standing; great intellect
D) high status among laborers; relationship to gods

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

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Which of the following is NOT associated with the preservation of the ka?


A) mummification
B) serdab
C) palette
D) ka statue

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

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Scholars interpret the __________ as a representation of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.


A) Khafre
B) Narmer Palette
C) Stele of the Sculptor Userwer
D) Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt

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

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Describe the Rosetta Stone and explain its significance in terms of language and translation.

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How do the ziggurats of Mesopotamia differ from the early pyramids?

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Judgment of the Egyptian dead was presided over by the god __________.


A) Hathor
B) Osiris
C) Anubis
D) Thor

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

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The first large-scale "archeological" expedition in history came with the landing of the French general, __________ in 1798.


A) Howard Carter
B) Manetho
C) Napoleon
D) Marat

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human figures when carving reliefs


A) a squared grid
B) a mathematical formula
C) the measurement of the king's arm
D) a system of perspective

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

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Sculptures portraying Hatshepsut as a __________reflect the power of tradition and artistic convention in Egypt.


A) priestess
B) princess
C) male king
D) mother

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

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The bronze sculpture of the divine priestess Karomama was decorated with patterns of gold, silver and electrum __________.


A) niello
B) paint
C) faience
D) inlay

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

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Trace the development of Egyptian architecture from the Predynastic period through the New Kingdom.

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In contrast to other periods of Egyptian history, some royal portraits from the Middle Kingdom appear _____________.


A) confident and serene
B) idealized and youthful
C) distorted and out of proportion
D) preoccupied and emotionally drained

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

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The first ruler to call himself pharaoh was __________.


A) Tutankhamun I
B) Thutmose III
C) Menkaure II
D) Khafre IV

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

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King __________ commissioned the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt.


A) Ramses
B) Akhenaten
C) Djoser
D) Tutankhamun

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

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