Art 5/Anth 5 Self-Quiz for Unit II:

Paracas through Nazca

In the next few minutes you will be asked a series of questions related to Unit II of Art5/Anthro 5. It is NOT recommended you attempt this quiz before studying the Review for this unit!

 

1. Which pot is an example of Early Paracas ware?





2.Which of the following traits are characteristic of Early Paracas ceramics?:

double vessel shapes
 resist painting
 post-fire resin painting on a dark background
 representations of the Oculate Being

 

3. Which of the following choices correctly matches the culture and traits given below? Note: the ceramics pictured here are from these cultures, but they

are NOT in the same order as the cultures listed on the left of the table!

 

A. MOCHE a. fine, thin-walled vessels with many slip colors on a single ceramic
B. PARACAS b.sophisticated true portraits in ceramic form
C. VICUS c. incredible, tighly woven textiles with fine embroidered motifs
D. NAZCA d. three color resist ceramics depicting the crested animal and having spouts that flare out at their tops
E. RECUAY e. resist decorated effigy vessels with big-headed figures that have big noses and rope like arms
A=b, B=e, C=d, D=a, E=c
 A=e, B=c, C=a, D=b, E=d
 A=c, B=b, C=c, D=e, E=d
 A=b, B=c, C=e, D=a, E=d

 

4. Paracas Necropolis burials, as discovered by Tello, involved a simple wrapping of the body in a plainweave textile and offerings of food-filled gourds.
True
 False

 

5. The Vicus culture is described by Stierlin as a "way station" in the transfer of motifs from Ecuador to the Moche culture. Which pot is Vicus?

 


 

6. Which of the following statements about Paracas and Nazca are NOT true?
both cultures had large-scale populaltion centers
 both tended to emphasize double spout bridge vessels with rounded bottoms
 both cultures pictured a whiskered deity with feline associations
 both cultures were centered in the South Coast of Peru

 

7. Because of the time-consuming nature of weaving prodigious quantities of fine burial textiles, the Moche people must have done their weavings in teams, somewhat like the Inca's Virgins of the Sun.
True
 False

 

8. Which of the following has NOT been offered as a reasonablle explanation for the Nazca lines?

they were done to encourage rain from the mountains
 they were related to constellations and/or seasonal astronomical events
 they were utilized by pilgrims making their way along sacred ceque-like lines linking huacas
 they were a way of beautifying an otherwise ugly area

9. Match the images on the left with descriptions on the right.

A. a. a spectacular series of tombs including that of "the Lord of Sipan"
B. b. a grave site called Huaca de la Cruz, where a devotee of Ai Apec was discovered in the 1940s
C. c. the Huaca del Sol, created by a series of work crews who left their marks on the bricks

 
A=b, B=c, C=a
 A=a, B=c, C=b
 A=c, B=b, C=a

 

10. Who dedicated their life to the study of the Nazca lines?
Reinhard
 Reiche

 

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