The Ziggurat at Ur can best be described as a ____.         

1. temple platform
2. Sumerian burial ground
3. fortified city-state
4. palace for Naram-Sin

Bull-headed capitals would most likely be found in ____.                                                           

1. Persia
2. Israel
3. Lascaux
4. Jericho

The exaggeration of the eye size on Sumerian votive sculptures likely symbolizes their ____.              

1. eternal wakefulness
2. great knowledge and wisdom
3. divine nature
4. mystical visions

“Found on the Warka Vase, the convention of hierarchy of scale indicated ____.”              

1. greater importance
2. the power of money
3. order of the gods
4. the first families

The Mesopotamian king who codified the law and prescribed penalties for infractions was ____.    

1. Hammurabi
2. Naram-Sin
3. Innana
4. Urnanshe

Alexander the Great razed Persepolis in 330 BCE. What prior event suggests that this was an act of revenge?                                                             

1. Persian sack of the Athenian Acropolis
2. Birth of the Sasanian dynasty
3. Destruction of Assyrian city of Nimrud
4. Persian sack of Sparta

“What information does the victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of the Vultures) provide about the nature of the ensi, or leader?”                                                                       

1. Ningirsu chose Eannatum to rule Lagash.
2. The ruler is equal to the soldiers.
3. Eannatum was not a brave warrior and lost.
4. Eannatum was divine.

The use of polished diorite in many depictions of Gudea is significant because ____.        

1. it was costly and difficult to carve
2. it was associated with military victory
3. it was commonly found in Ur
4. it was symbolic of death

“In Assyrian relief, such as the Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, the artists combine different viewpoints in the same frame and other adjustments for clarity. Which of the following phrases best describes the artists’ primary goal?”                                       

1. Legible retelling of a decisive moment in king’s deeds
2. Following technical codes as established by the Elamites
3. Following technical codes as established by the Sasanians
4. Artistic license

____ is a term for the large composite creatures that guarded the gates of Assyrian royal complexes.

1. Lamassu
2. Zimri-lim
3. Ishtar
4. Sphinx

“The name for the monumental gateway to the citadel of Persepolis, that Gate of All Lands, is a reference to ____.”                                                             

1. the harmony of the peoples of the Persian empire
2. the harmony of the peoples of the Sasanian empire
3. the harmony of the peoples of the Elamite empire
4. the harmony of the peoples of the Assyrian empire