Art History · Unit 2 · Paper 3

Ancient Mediterranean unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 24 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 32 min 29 points0/17 attempted

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

White Temple and its ziggurat

Palette of King Narmer

King Menkaure and queen

Niobides Krater

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

Peplos Kore

Statues of votive figures, Square Temple at Eshnunna

Standard of Ur

Code of Hammurabi

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Anavysos Kouros

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Colosseum

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE (Question 6, 5 points). The work shown is the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, Late Imperial Rome, c. 250 CE: a marble sarcophagus front carved in extraordinarily deep, dense high relief with a chaotic battle between Romans and barbarians — writhing, overlapping figures filling every inch of the surface, with a bareheaded Roman commander riding calmly at the top center of the melee.

Describe two visual characteristics of the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus.

Using specific visual evidence, explain how the work demonstrates continuity with Classical Greek sculpture.

Using specific visual evidence, explain how the work demonstrates change from Classical Greek sculpture.

Using specific visual or contextual evidence, explain why this work might be interpreted as a demonstration of social or political change.