1. The first artistic expression ever recorded dates back to the year 100,000 BC. What form did it take?

a) Sculptures

b) African rock art, a mark made on the ground with a red ocher

c) The arrangement of stones

d) Cave paintings


2. In ancient African art, what did the human figure represent?

a) Both the living and the dead

b) Exclusively deities

c) Society

d) Sexual freedom


3. Given how diverse ancient African societies were, there are no commonalities in the art they produced.

a) True

b) False


4. What influence did these ancient African masks have on later artists?

a) Renaissance painters referenced them to better understand facial bone structure.

b) Japanese printmakers sought to imitate their use of profile

c) American sculptors imitated their use of wood as a medium.

d) They were a heavy influence on modern art throughout Europe.


5. How was jewelry used in pre-colonial Africa?

a) To indicate social status

b) To honor the gods

c) To express oneself

d) To ward off demonic possession