HUM 111 Week 2 Quiz Ch 2 & 3 - Questions & Answers (100% Correct)

HUM 111 Week 2 Quiz Ch 2-3 • Question 1 4 out of 4 points What possibly explains why Hebrew law provided for more humane treatment of the lowest members of society? • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Why did Mesopotamian scribes move from pictograms to the more linear cuneiform writing? • Question 3 4 out of 4 points Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh a first in known literary works? • Question 4 4 out of 4 points What was the role of the Hebrew prophets in the era following Solomon's death? • Question 5 4 out of 4 points What distinguishes the Law Code of Hammurabi from its predecessors? • Question 6 4 out of 4 points The Egyptian word for sculpture is the same as the word for what other act? • Question 7 4 out of 4 points Why did Egyptian artists paint human's faces, arms, legs, and feet in profile? • Question 8 0 out of 4 points Why is Nebamun Hunting Birds a sort of visual pun? • Question 9 4 out of 4 points What was left behind by the Nile's annual flooding? • Question 10 4 out of 4 points Why did the Egyptian sculptors idealize rulers in their sculptures?