Chapter 7: Considering the Evidence Visual Sources Quiz

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1. What can a viewer of Silk Road Merchants Encounter Bandits (Visual Source 7.1) learn about the Buddhist faith?

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Correct. The answer is b. The panel above the merchants in the painting states that Guanyin provides such protection to merchants.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The panel above the merchants in the painting states that Guanyin provides such protection to merchants.

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2. A Stop at a Caravanserai (Visual Source 7.2) depicts which aspect of silk roads absent from Silk Road Merchants Encounter Bandits (Visual Source 7.1)?

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Correct. The answer is c. These walled compounds were known as caravanserai.
Incorrect. The answer is c. These walled compounds were known as caravanserai.

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3. What does the Buddhist monk carry on his back in A Buddhist Monk on the Silk Road (Visual Source 7.3)?

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Correct. The answer is d. Buddhist texts known as sutras were much sought after for study.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Buddhist texts known as sutras were much sought after for study.

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4. Which visual source in Traveling the Silk Roads displays distinctive features of Greek artistic style?

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Correct. The answer is c. Hariti on this pendant was modeled after the Greek goddess Tyche.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Hariti on this pendant was modeled after the Greek goddess Tyche.

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5. Which visual source in Traveling the Silk Roads was created centuries after the others?

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Correct. The answer is d. This image was created in the sixteenth century, over 500 years after Visual Source 7.3.
Incorrect. The answer is d. This image was created in the sixteenth century, over 500 years after Visual Source 7.3.