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Grade 7 Mid-Year (2019) - Art MCQ Practice Quiz

Thirty multiple-choice questions from the real 2019 Grade 7 mid-year Art paper - the Thuparamaya, prehistoric art, religious festivals and buildings, and matching images by shared art category.

30 questions

Practice mode - there is no timer, and you can retry as often as you like.

What this quiz covers

This quiz is built from the real Grade 7 mid-year Art paper set in 2019, with every answer taken from the paper's own printed answer key.

It covers the Thuparamaya stupa, Sri Lanka's prehistoric cave paintings, religious festivals and buildings across four traditions, true-or-false statements on technique, reading a set of five labelled images, art vocabulary, and a longer matching section that pairs an image with another sharing its art category or material.

Questions come back in a different order every time, so it stays useful for repeated revision.

Worked examples

A few questions from this quiz, with the answer and explanation shown - so you know what to expect before you start.

  1. This stupa in the photograph is known by which name?

    A photograph of a white bell-shaped stupa with a tall spire, seen behind a decorative boundary wall, surrounded by tall stone pillars.
    • a.Ruwanwelisaya
    • b.Thuparamaya(correct answer)
    • c.Jetavanaramaya
    • d.Abhayagiriya
    • e.Mirisawetiya

    Answer: b. Thuparamaya

    This is the Thuparamaya, traditionally regarded as the first stupa built in Sri Lanka.

  2. Which of the five images shows a picture with perspective?

    Five labelled images: A - two abstract looping symbols in a prehistoric-art style, B - a road receding into the distance between rows of trees, C - a carved ancient stone figure in a niche, D - a shaded apple with a leaf, E - a marionette puppet show with several string puppets.
    • a.Image A
    • b.Image B(correct answer)
    • c.Image C
    • d.Image D
    • e.Image E

    Answer: b. Image B

    Image B shows a road receding between rows of trees, converging toward the distance - the classic picture of perspective.

  3. This image shows a place of worship. Which of the images on the right shares its religious tradition?

    A line drawing of a mosque with a central dome and two flanking minarets.
    • a.A close-up photo of woven reed or straw fibres
    • b.A repeating diamond-lattice border pattern
    • c.A cartoon illustration of anthropomorphic animal characters
    • d.A circular medallion of Arabic calligraphy(correct answer)
    • e.A small Hindu temple shrine

    Answer: d. A circular medallion of Arabic calligraphy

    A mosque and a circular medallion of Arabic calligraphy both belong to Islamic religious art.