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1. What is the main source of information that we have regarding the Cycladic era?
A) Their art
B) Their architecture
C) Homeric tales
D) Their written records
2. Cycladic figurines have been found _____________.
A) near graves
B) in megarons
C) in temples
D) in homes
3. Cycladic sculpture has been reduced to its ___________ essentials.
A) triangular
B) round
C) geometric
D) algebraic
4. Cycladic culture existed between _____________.
A) 5000 and 3000 BCE
B) 3000 and 1600 BCE
C) 3000 and 1375 BCE
D) 3000 and 1000 BCE
5. Cycladic sculptures were made from obsidian tools, which
A) influenced their design.
B) encouraged the depiction of detail.
C) were hard to find.
D) are easy to use.
6. Many of the Cycladic statues are shaped like _____________.
A) violins
B) ceramic boxes
C) trees
D) weapons
7. The Cycladic figures may have originally been used for worship in the home and then _____________.
A) ritually sacrificed
B) painted
C) buried with the dead
D) broken
8. Cycladic sculptures, having once been colored, are now _____________.
A) dark-featured
B) starkly white
C) red
D) transparent
9. The Cyclades are
A) a group of islands near Greece.
B) the name for the largest island in the Aegean.
C) another name for the Greek mainland.
D) a region on the Greek mainland.
10. Minoan architecture can be described as
A) fortified against enemies.
B) made to honor the minotaur.
C) making use of air and light.
D) lacking in decoration.
11. Representations of so-called snake goddesses have been found that were _____________.
A) ceramic
B) marble
C) wood
D) granite
12. One of the activities depicted in Minoan painting is _____________.
A) bull-jumping
B) weaving
C) the Greek god Poseidon
D) the Minotaur
13. The layout of the palace at Knossos is thought to resemble _____________.
A) the home of their gods
B) a gymnasium
C) a labyrinth
D) farmed land
14. Which of the following is characteristic of Minoan art?
A) It represents graceful figures.
B) It represents ritual human sacrifice.
C) It is stiff and rigid.
D) It represents only men.
15. The depictions of Minoan people show them to be _____________.
A) unathletic
B) blonde
C) god-like
D) dark-featured
16. It is possible that the so-called snake goddess represents: _____________.
A) an acrobat
B) a dancer
C) a great goddess
D) a priestess
17. Minoan complexes often included _____________.
A) sophisticated plumbing
B) cyclopean walls
C) gold masks
D) enclosed, dark spaces
18. This Mycenaean construction is an example of a beehive tomb:
A) The cyclopean wall at Tiryns
B) The Lion Gate
C) The Treasury of Atreus
D) The Mycenaean Citadel
19. The Greek temple developed from:
A) Tiryns
B) the Treasury of Atreus
C) Cycladic tombs
D) the megaron
20. The Greek poet Homer spoke of “__________ of the Great Walls.”
A) Athens
B) Pylos
C) Mycenae
D) Tiryns
21. After the decline of Helladic civilization, the Aegean world experienced _____________.
A) a revival
B) a renaissance
C) a dark age
D) a period of great commerce
22. It was at the _____________ that the megaron served as a hall and throne room and was painted.
A) Mycenaean citadel
B) palace at Knossos
C) palace at Pylos
D) Lion Gate

23. Heinrich Schliemann may have added additional features to _____________.
A) the Mask of Agamemnon
B) the Lion Gate
C) the Treasury of Atreus
D) the palace at Pylos
24. The outer, ring walls at Tiryns are thick enough for _____________.
A) enemies to overrun
B) shelter
C) storage
D) passageways within the walls
25. The Trojan War is associated with _____________.
A) Pylos
B) Mycenae
C) Tiryns
D) Helladic
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  1. Joe Doe Said,

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