In what century was the palace-fortress of Alhambra built?

A) Ninth
B) Fourteenth
C) Eleventh
D) Sixteenth

What term describes the female statue column used as an architectural support on the Erechtheion?

A) Kore
B) Caryatid
C) Gorgoneion
D) Pillar

Which photographer was hired by the US Resettlement Administration to document the deplorable living conditions of the rural poor?

A) Alfred Stieglitz
B) Charles Sheeler
C) Dorothea Lange
D) Edward Weston

Name the sound-on-film technology developed by William Fox that had a distinct advantage that allowed for on-location shooting and the production of newsreels (like the one covering Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight) ?

A) Vitaphone
B) Phonofilm
C) Movietone
D) Vitagraph

Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early 15th century?

A) Venice
B) Florence
C) Siena
D) Rome

How did actress Lucille Fay LeSeur get her stage name of Joan Crawford?

A) She changed it when she moved to Hollywood.
B) MGM held a nationwide contest to decide her name.
C) James Cagney gave it to her on set.
D) It was a combination of her middle name and maiden name.

Jean-Paul Sartre saw the sculptures of which artist as embodying his philosophical theory of existentialism, which asserts the absurdity of human existence?

A) Man Ray
B) Alberto Giacometti
C) David Smith
D) Donald Judd

The statue group of Laocoön and his sons shows a scene from which work?

A) Homer's Iliad
B) Vergil's Aeneid
C) Plato's Republic
D) The Epic of Gilgamesh

Why is the Christian community house in Dura-Europos such a small building?

A) There was little land available for large buildings in Dura-Europos.
B) No large dwellings were constructed in Dura-Europos.
C) Christians did not yet enjoy the patronage of the Roman state.
D) No shrines or holy structures were allowed in Dura-Europos.