The Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, with its light exterior pillars, elevated wings, and reflective pond, is a physical metaphor for which of the following?

A) Kamakura imperial power
B) Buddha's palace in the Pure Land
C) Fujiwara clan
D) Buddha's Parinirvana

The caves of Ajanta provide evidence for which artistic genre?

A) Later South Asian relief sculpture
B) Pillared stone-carved chaitya halls
C) Early South Asian wall painting
D) Inscribed and painting stone texts

Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on a flat stagelike surface?

A) Francesco Traini
B) Simone Martini
C) Giotto di Bondone
D) Nicola Pisano

Which of the following performers is considered the first movie star?

A) Florence Lawrence
B) Lillian Gish
C) Mary Pickford
D) Douglas Fairbanks

What Old Kingdom structure adjoined the pyramid and was the site of ceremonies honoring the dead king?

A) Valley temple
B) Causeway
C) Hypostyle sanctuary
D) Mortuary temple