Test: Chapter 11- Gardner's Art Through the Ages - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. apse
  2. orans or orant
  3. narthex
  4. gallery
  5. vellum
  1. a passageway three to four feet wide dug below the surface of a catacomb
  2. b porch or vestibule of a church
  3. c semicircular recess at one end of a Christian church
  4. d skin of unborn calf used for writing material
  5. e praying figure with raised hands

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. moved capital of Western Empire from Milan to Ravenna
  2. portion of a cruciform church with an axis that crosses the main axis at right angles
  3. sister of Honorius
  4. prefect of Rome
  5. an association of Christian families pooling funds to purchase burial sites

5 True/False Question

  1. Dura-Europos → distant outpost of the Roman Empire located on the Euphrates

          

  2. Ravenna → Latin for bishop's chair

          

  3. cubicula → small rooms serving as mortuary chapels in the catacombs

          

  4. loculi → seperate leaves enclosed within a cover and bound together at one side of the codex

          

  5. codex → pages of vellum or parchment bound together; predecessor of modern book

          

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