Cultural Reflections in Art and Artifacts UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Cultural Reflections In Art And Artifacts
Cultural Reflections in Art and Artifacts
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which sentence best helps readers visualize the Benin plaque?
"In these chapters we are looking at objects that chart how Europe first encountered and then
traded with the wider world in the sixteenth...
Cultural Reflections in Art and Artifacts
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Which sentence best helps readers visualize the Benin plaque?
"In these chapters we are looking at objects that chart how Europe first encountered and then
traded with the wider world in the sixteenth century."
"There are several hundred Benin plaques now in European and American museums, and
they offer us a remarkable picture of the structure of this West African kingdom."
"It is about 40 centimetres (16 inches) square; its colour strikes you as coppery rather than
brassy, and there are five figures on it, three Africans and two Europeans." - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- "It is about 40 centimetres (16 inches) square; its colour strikes you as
coppery rather than brassy, and there are five figures on it, three Africans and two
Europeans."
Which details from the passage help readers visualize the plaque? Check all that apply.
To either side kneel two high-court functionaries, dressed very like the Oba, but with plainer
headdresses and fewer neck-rings. They wear belts hung with small crocodile heads, the
emblem of those authorized to conduct business with Europeans - and the heads and
shoulders of two tiny Europeans can be seen floating in the background.
The Europeans are Portuguese, who from the 1470s were sailing down the west coast of
Africa in their galleons on their way to the Indies, but who were also seriously interested in
West African pepper, ivory and gold.
-"plainer headdresses and fewer neck-rings"
-"belts hung with small crocodile heads"
-"the heads and shoulders of two tiny Europeans"
-"sailing down the west coast of Africa"
,-"West African pepper, ivory and gold" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -"plainer headdresses
and fewer neck-rings"
-"belts hung with small crocodile heads"
-"the heads and shoulders of two tiny Europeans"
What central idea is best supported by details in the passage?
The brass needed to make the plaques was usually transported in the form of large bracelets -
called manillas - and the quantities involved are staggering. In 1548 just one German
merchant house agreed to provide Portugal with 432 tons of brass manillas for the West
African market. When we look again at the plaque, we can see that one of the Europeans is
holding a manilla, and this is the key to the whole scene: the Oba is with his officials who
manage and control the European trade.
-The Benin plaques demonstrate why brass is not typically used in sculpture.
-The Benin plaques reveal the importance of trade between Europe and Africa.
-The Benin plaques highlight the great skill of sixteenth-century African artists.
-The Benin plaques show that the Oba was not a powerful or valued leader. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -The Benin plaques reveal the importance of trade between Europe and
Africa.
Which idea from the text is best supported by details in the passage?
Many wild theories were put forward. It was thought that the plaques must have come from
ancient Egypt, or perhaps that the people of Benin were one of the lost tribes of Israel. Or the
sculptures must have derived from European influence (after all, these were the
contemporaries of Michelangelo, Donatello and Cellini). But research quickly established
that the Benin plaques were entirely West African creations, made without European
influence. The Europeans had to revisit, and to overhaul, their assumptions of easy cultural
superiority.
-"Modern British life and culture now have a strong African component."
-"All European visitors were struck by the Oba's position as both the spiritual and the secular
head of the kingdom . . ."
-"This plaque is dominated by the majestic figure of the Oba himself."
,-"[The plaques] changed European understanding o - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -"[The
plaques] changed European understanding of African history and African culture."
Which detail from the text best supports the idea that the invention of the chronometer had a
significant effect on British and world culture?
-"During what is sometimes called the 'long' nineteenth century . . . the countries of western
Europe and America were transformed from agricultural societies into industrial
powerhouses."
-"There are twenty-four hours in the day so, as the Earth rotates, every hour the Sun
apparently 'moves' across the sky one twenty-fourth of a complete circle of the globe . . ."
-"It is made of brass and is around the size of a large pocket watch, with a normal clock dial
showing roman numerals and a smaller dial at the bottom for the second hand."
-"The chronometer for the first time allowed absolutely accurate charting of the oceans, with
all that implied for establishing safe and rapid shipping routes." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
-"The chronometer for the first time allowed absolutely accurate charting of the oceans, with
all that implied for establishing safe and rapid shipping routes."
Which sentence best establishes visual details?
-The paintings were on display for seven months at the local museum.
-A local artist created the paintings to celebrate the town's history.
-The museum charges five dollars for adult admission to the historic display.
-Each painting is a towering portrait of a town founder depicted in bold acrylic. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -Each painting is a towering portrait of a town founder depicted in bold
acrylic.
What type of context clue offers information about the function, features, or appearance of an
unfamiliar word?
-definition
-explanation
-antonym
-synonym - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -explanation
, Which details are evident in both the excerpt and the image? Check all that apply.
His neck is completely invisible - a series of large rings runs from his shoulders right the way
up to his lower lip. In his right hand he holds up a ceremonial axe. To either side kneel two
high-court functionaries, dressed very like the Oba, but with plainer headdresses and fewer
neck-rings. They wear belts hung with small crocodile heads, the emblem of those authorized
to conduct business with Europeans - and the heads and shoulders of two tiny Europeans can
be seen floating in the background.
Which details from the excerpt help readers visualize the chronometer? Check all that apply.
Our object is one of those lower-cost chronometers, made in 1800 by Thomas Earnshaw. It is
made of brass and is around the size of a large pocket watch, with a normal clock dial
showing roman numerals and a smaller dial at the bottom for the second hand. The clock is
suspended inside a swivelling brass ring fitted to the inside of a wooden box - this is the key
to keeping the chronometer level even in an unsteady ship.
-"made in 1800 by Thomas Earnshaw"
-"around the size of a large pocket watch"
-"with a normal clock dial showing roman numerals"
-"suspended inside a swivelling brass ring"
-"even in an unsteady ship" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -"around the size of a large pocket
watch"
-"with a normal clock dial showing roman numerals"
-"suspended inside a swivelling brass ring"
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