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1. What shape it this vase?
1. Squat Lekythos
2. Pointed Amphora
3. Belly Amphora
4. Oviod Lekythos
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2. Date created?
1. 560 - 550 BC
2. 550 - 560 BC
3. 550 - 540 BC
4. 540 550 BC
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3. How has the painter created movement?
1. Figures with floating drapery
2. Figures with stiff poses
3. Figures with varied poses
4. Figures with flat feet
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4. How has the painter attempted to show depth?
1. added shadows
2. placed figures behind one another
3. placed animals in the picture
4. added colour
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5. What does the torch suggest?
1. party time
2. night time
3. day time
4. it is cold
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6. Who is in the first carriage?
1. Bridal couple
2. Bridegrooms parents
3. Brides family
4. Bridegrooms friends
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7. Are they donkeys or horses? How do we know?
1. Donkeys - white feet
2. Horses - white muzzles
3. Horses - white feet
4. Donkeys - white muzzles
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8. Where does white paint traditionally get used?
1. Mens flesh
2. Womens flesh
3. Womens dresses
4. Mens dresses
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9. White paint is used on the donkeys muzzles -
where else is it used?
1. Porch roof, carriage, mens legs
2. Porch roof, columns, mens chiton
3. Porch roof, carriage, columns
4. Porch roof, carriage, bridal crown
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10. What do all the women wear?
1. Embroidered peplos
2. Chiton
3. Sakkos
4. Embroidered Chiton
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11. what is a chiton and who wears it?
1. Two piece garment worn by the men
2. Two piece garment worn by the women
3. One piece garment belted at the waist
worn by women
4. One piece garment belted at the waist worn
by the men
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12. How many men are in the upper band?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
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13. What do the seated figures in the upper band
play?
1. Guitar and Flute
2. Lyre and Guitar
3. Lyre and Flute
4. Flute and Harp
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14. What is depicted on the other vase by Amasis?
1. Women weaving
2. Women mourning
3. Women laughing
4. Women wandering
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15. How high is the vase?
1. 15 cm
2. 16 cm
3. 17 cm
4. 18 cm
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16. What technique is this in?
1. White figure
2. Black figure
3. Red figure
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17. What does the bride hold in her hand?
1. Ritual crown of newly wedded groom
2. Crown that symbolises Dionysus
3. Crown that symbolises royalty
4. Ritual crown of newly wedded woman
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18. What is the link between the two vases by the
Amasis painter?
1. Rare events
2. Special events
3. Upperclass men and women
4. Everyday scenes
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19. Who waits in the house?
1. Brides mother
2. Brides father
3. Bridegrooms mother
4. Bridegrooms father
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20. How many handles on the Amasis Painter vase?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four