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Questions 16-22 are based on the corresponding color image shown on the following page.

16. The mosque shown is located in 20. All of the following are part of the structure’s
decoration EXCEPT
(A) Spain
(B) Syria (A) bas relief narratives
(C) Turkey (B) calligraphic inscriptions
(D) Egypt (C) reused Roman columns and capitals
(D) arabesque patterns
17. A principal feature of the interior shown is
21. The qibla wall in the mosque indicates
(A) a basilica plan
the direction of prayer toward
(B) a central staircase
(C) a hypostyle hall (A) Rome
(D) ogival arches (B) Constantinople
(C) Jerusalem
18. The mihrab of the structure is located (D) Mecca
(A) inside a minaret
22. The double-tiered columns allowed for all of the
(B) in the qibla wall
following EXCEPT
(C) in the center of the prayer hall
(D) at the entrance to the mosque (A) barrel-vaulted roofing
(B) decorative rhythm and repetition
19. Incorporated into the building’s design (C) a higher roof to make up for the
are voussoirs, which are used to form the short columns
(D) the entrance of light and air into the hall
(A) bases of the columns
(B) horseshoe arches
(C) impost blocks
(D) mosaic decorations

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QUESTIONS 16-22: IMAGE

Art Resource, NY

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Questions 23-29 are based on the corresponding color image shown on the following page.

23. The work was painted by 27. The work has been interpreted as a visual
document of all of the following EXCEPT
(A) Vermeer
(B) Rembrandt (A) marriage
(C) Van Eyck (B) betrothal
(D) Memling (C) coronation
(D) legal contract
24. The work was painted in which century?
28. The work is most notable for its attention to
(A) Thirteenth
(B) Fifteenth (A) highly naturalistic detail
(C) Seventeenth (B) mythological narrative
(D) Nineteenth (C) geometric patterning
(D) Classical revival
25. The artist who created the painting worked
primarily in 29. The artist includes himself in the painting in the
form of
(A) Paris
(B) Antwerp (A) animal representation
(C) London (B) written text
(D) Bruges (C) symbolic representation
(D) narrative elements
26. The painting incorporates
(A) religious symbolism
(B) political propaganda
(C) musical metaphors
(D) Classical mythology

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QUESTIONS 23-29: IMAGE

National Gallery, London, UK / The Bridgeman Art Libra