Unit 3: Early Europe & Colonial Americas
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Early Europe & Colonial Americas 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.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 30 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 3, 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
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Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Altarpiece)

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Merovingian looped fibulae

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Birth of Venus

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School of Athens

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The Virgin of Guadalupe

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Chartres Cathedral

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Catacomb of Priscilla

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Woman Holding a Balance

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Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel

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Church of Sainte-Foy

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Palazzo Rucellai

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Venus of Urbino

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Bible moralisée

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Lindisfarne Gospels: cross-carpet page

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Santa Sabina

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Last Supper

3 pts

Free response

5 pts

VISUAL ANALYSIS (Question 3, 5 points). The work shown is The Coronation of Marie de' Medici at Saint Denis by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1622–1625 CE (not from the required image set): a monumental Baroque canvas in which the queen, kneeling at the center in shimmering robes before the altar, receives the crown amid a swirl of cardinals, courtiers, and allegorical onlookers, with rich brocades, deep reds and golds, and dramatic directed light. ("Coronation": crowning.)

Describe two visual characteristics of the work shown.

Using specific visual evidence, explain how the artist emphasizes the main subject, Marie de’ Medici.

Using specific visual evidence, explain how the artist creates a sense of drama or theatricality.

Using specific visual or contextual evidence, explain how the work demonstrates continuity with other depictions of rulers.