Test Questions & Answers Arts Of Asia Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 Arts of Asia

1) How do some scholars interpret the relaxed abdomen on the small Indus sculpture of a torso from your text?

A) Indus people were severely overweight.

B) Indus culture feared malnutrition.

C) Indus people practiced breathing exercises.

D) Indus culture prized fertility above all else.

2) Buddhism was a reaction to what feature of Aryan culture?

A) Rigid social order as laid out by Brahmins

B) Ideas of nonattachment 

C) The cyclical nature of time

D) Meditation for spiritual insight

3) Housing the Buddha's remains, a ________ is a solid earthen mound faced with stone.

A) stupa

B) yakshi

C) mudra

D) chattri

4) What belief is common to both Hinduism and Buddhism?

A) Monotheism

B) Time is cyclical

C) Social hierarchy 

D) Devotion to deities

5) What did the temple complex known as Angkor Wat indicate about Khmer rulers?

A) Humility and devotion

B) Adherence to Zen Buddhism

C) Position as a "god-king"

D) Spiritual leaders of the Jain religion

6) The carved figures of voluptuous women and sensuous couple on the outside of Hindu temples, demonstrate a belief in ________, spirits that embody ideas of fertility and abundance. 

A) yakshi

B) shikhara

C) stupas

D) Vedas

7) What are a few characteristics associated with Mughal culture? 

A) Designed palaces based on a mandala 

B) Influenced by Persian culture

C) Illustrated books decorated with jewel-toned palettes

D) The Taj Mahal

E) Fusion of Buddhism and Islam

8) In what medium did Lala Deen Dayal work?

A) Architecture 

B) Photography 

C) Painting

D) Calligraphy 

9) What is a principle aim of Daoism? 

A) The creation of a peaceful society

B) Victory against evil forces

C) To link social order with cosmic order

D) To bring human life into harmony with nature

10) What themes, associated with Confucianism, can be seen in the Funerary Sculpture of a Pair of Officials from your text? 

A) Social status

B) Court protocol

C) Search for immortality

D) Embrace of the natural world

E) Loyalty to superiors 

11) What features are associated with shinmei architecture, as seen in the temple complex of Ise?

A) Simple forms and natural materials

B) Elegant designs

C) Highly colored decorative designs

D) Pagoda structures and multiple roof lines

12) What religion is most embodied in Li Cheng's Solitary Temple amid Clearing Peaks?

A) Daoism

B) Buddhism

C) Shintoism

D) Hinduism 

13) Along what path did Buddhism spread?

A) China to India and eventually to Japan

B) Japan to Korea and on to India

C) India to China and then to Japan

D) Japan to China, ending in India

14) During what period did Chinese culture reach the islands of Japan?

A) Asuka

B) Kamakura 

C) Momoyama

D) Edo

15) What artifact was discovered in the tomb of the first Qin emperor, Shihuangdi?

A) A huge terra-cotta army

B) The original Bodhisattva Guide of Souls

C) Buddhist mandalas

D) Preface to the Diamond Sutra

16) What characteristics are common to Song landscape paintings?

A) Vertical format

B) Shallow space

C) Vibrant colors

D) Shrouding mists

E) Crowds of people

F) Flowing water

17) What distinctive aspect of Japanese illustration can be seen in the hand scroll The Tale of Genji?

A) Portrayal of extreme emotion in the figures

B) A nearly empty background where figures float in space

C) Removal of the roof to show an interior space

D) A raw, untrained approach

18) Buddhism spread to other parts of Asia through what means?

A) European texts

B) The Silk Road

C) Traveling Indian architects

D) The printing press

19) What is a koan designed to do?

A) Demonstrate morality through narrative

B) Bring meditative sleep

C) Provide "short-circuit" logical thought patterns

D) Develop vision in the dark

20) Zen priest-painters used a painting technique called haboku, "splashed ink," which helped to express what theme?

A) Sudden enlightenment

B) Man's complete control of nature

C) The violence of death

D) The dualism of existence

21) What religion is the focus of the work, Bodhisattva Guide of Souls?

A) Zen

B) Pure Land Buddhism

C) Daoism

D) Jain

22) How did early Buddhist art depict the Buddha?

A) Calligraphic writing

B) Symbols of his presence

C) Decorative organic shapes

D) Shrouds of mist

23) What was the principle aim of art created during the early days of the People's Republic of China?

A) Confucian ideals

B) Communist propaganda  

C) Modern Buddhist thought

D) Western ideals of democracy

24) What was perhaps the most important art form in the Japanese Heian period?

A) Calligraphy

B) Poetry

C) Scroll painting

D) Sculpture

25) Discuss the scholar-artists of China in relation to professional artists in historic China.

26) Select two art works from Japanese culture and explain several ways in which these works illustrate Japanese tastes for simple forms and natural materials.

27) Compare and contrast the influences that the religions of Asia have had on the arts of those regions. Relate your statements to specific works of art.

28) Discuss the formal innovations of Song landscape painting. Support your response with details from a specific work.

29) Explain the relationships and influences between the cultures and arts of China and Japan. Make reference to specific works, styles, artists, and/or periods to support your statements.

30) Consider the Kandariya Mahaveda temple and identify the civilization with which it is associated. Compare and contrast the structure and symbolism of this work with that of European cathedrals.

31) Summarize the importance of the Silk Road. How did it help disseminate ideas, as well as material objects? Discuss how the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China exemplify the essence of the Silk Road.

32) Describe the culture of Edo period Japan, especially in the capital. Why was it known as ukiyo? Discuss how the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige did or did not incorporate the style of ukiyo-e.

33) Discuss the Indus Valley civilization in regard to its location, architecture, and art forms. What themes are present in the art of Indus cultures that carry forward to subsequent eras?