1Who was Mithras?
Mithras was an Iranian god.
2Which of the following religious groups at Dura Europos practiced baptism in a seperate baptistery space?
Christians.
3Which religion at Dura Europos allowed the participation of only men?
Mithraism.
4The tauroctony symbolizes...
The victory of light over primeval darkness.
5Which of the three religious spaces that you read about at Dura Europos featured either painted or sculpted imagery?
The Christian building, the synagogue, and the Mithraeum.
6The excavators were surprised to find ______ in the synagogue at Dura Europos...
Figural paintings.
7Baptism and the Eucharist were rituals practiced by Jews...
False.
8The religious buildings at Dura Europos were purposfully built for religious worship...
False.
9In the baptistery of the Christian building, a small drawing of Adam and Eve was added to the Good Shepherd painting at some point after its completion...
True.
10According to Stalley, which of the following are characteristics of basilicas?
A high central nave, a colonnade, clerestory windows, a longitudinal axis, and a semi-circular apse.
11Santa Sabina's windows were filled with clear glass...
False.
12Freestanding columns to support arches were a Christian innovation...
False.
13When was the basilica form accepted as an appropriate form for church design?
In the aftermath of the Edict of Milan (313).
14Prior to the legalization of Christianity, Christian worship was primarily practiced in Roman temples...
True.
15What were basilicas used for before they began to be used as Christian churches?
Market halls, court houses, and imperial audience chambers.
16Old St. Peter's was built on the site where...
St. Paul was buried.
17Which of the following was true about Rome in the fifth century?
The population decreased dramatically.
18Ravenna, a city on the Adriatic coast of Italy, was open to eastern influences on its art and architecture before Byzantine troops occupied it in 540...
True.
19The basilica form was well suited to small congregations with limited resources.
False.
20Anglo-Saxon England had close ties with Rome and the papacy.
True.
21The technological skills associated with the Roman basilicas were in decline as populations became more rural in the sixth and seventh centuries.
True.
22The primary building material in Anglo-Saxon England was stone.
False.
23When Augustine came to Britain in 597, his goal was to...
Convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
24Which of the following objects did Augustine bring with him to meet king Ethelbert?
A silver cross and a board painted with the likeness of Christ.
25An iconoclast is a lover of images.
False.
26Early Christianity forbid representation images.
False.
27The person buried in Mount 1 at Sutton Hoo was a Christian
False,
28The art of the Anglo-Saxons was portable and secular
True.
29Pope Gregory believed that images were a substitute for the sacred word, allowing the illiterate to read what they cannot read in books.
True.
30The monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow was very devoted to this city...
Rome.