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Parthenon Nashville
  • 1. Who donated the 63 paintings found in the Parthenon's permanent collection?
A) Robert Altman
B) Alan LeQuire
C) Craig McDonald
D) James M. Cowan
  • 2. In what years were the paintings in the permanent collection donated?
A) 1982–1985
B) 2000–2002
C) 1927–1929
D) 1990–1992
  • 3. When was the replica of the Athena Parthenos statue completed?
A) 1990
B) 1975
C) 1982
D) 2001
  • 4. Who was commissioned in 1982 to create the statue of Athena Parthenos?
A) Robert Altman
B) Alan LeQuire
C) James M. Cowan
D) Craig McDonald
  • 5. How high is the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) 6 feet
B) 20 feet
C) 42 feet
D) 19 feet
  • 6. How much gold leaf covers the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) More than 6 pounds
B) More than 10 pounds
C) More than 8 pounds
D) More than 4 pounds
  • 7. What is in the right palm of the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) A 6-foot-high statue of Nike
B) A shield
C) A serpent
D) A helmet
  • 8. What animal rears its head between Athena and her shield?
A) A lion
B) A serpent
C) An eagle
D) A horse
  • 9. Which group has left ritual offerings near the Athena statue?
A) Modern theater troupes
B) Art museum curators
C) Ancient Greek historians
D) Followers of Goddess Spirituality
  • 10. Which of these plays was performed on the steps of the Parthenon?
A) Metamorphoses
B) Antigone
C) Nashville
D) Three Chords and The Truth
  • 11. Which play was performed inside the Parthenon at the foot of the statue?
A) Antigone
B) Medea
C) Metamorphoses
D) Percy Jackson
  • 12. What occurred at the Nashville Parthenon in 2001?
A) Donation of the permanent collection
B) Cleaning and restoration of the exterior
C) Completion of the Athena statue
D) Filming of the movie Nashville
  • 13. In which 1975 film did the Parthenon serve as a location for a political rally?
A) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
B) Percy Jackson & the Olympians
C) Metamorphoses
D) Nashville
  • 14. The Parthenon was used as a backdrop for a battle against the Hydra in which film?
A) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
B) Nashville
C) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
D) Three Chords and The Truth
  • 15. Which artist released the song 'Nashville Parthenon'?
A) Alan LeQuire
B) Robert Altman
C) Heather Ross Miller
D) Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
  • 16. Which PBS series featured the Parthenon in 2000?
A) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
B) Etiquette
C) Metamorphoses
D) Nashville
  • 17. In which novel by Craig McDonald does the Parthenon structure figure in the climax?
A) Three Chords and The Truth
B) Nashville
C) Celestial Navigator
D) Etiquette
  • 18. What is the subject of the poem 'Ganymede' in the book Celestial Navigator?
A) The Parthenon
B) Athena
C) The Hydra
D) Nike
  • 19. What was upgraded to allow columns to be illuminated with different colors?
A) Interior security
B) Exterior lighting
C) The art gallery HVAC
D) The Athena statue gilding
  • 20. The permanent art collection of the Parthenon consists of paintings from which centuries?
A) 18th and 19th
B) 19th and 20th
C) 20th and 21st
D) 17th and 18th
  • 21. Who was the architect that designed the Nashville Parthenon?
A) William Crawford Smith
B) Russell Hart
C) George Julian Zolnay
D) Alan LeQuire
  • 22. In what year was the Nashville Parthenon originally built?
A) 1895
B) 1920
C) 1931
D) 1897
  • 23. What is the primary function of the Nashville Parthenon today?
A) Railway station
B) Government office
C) University library
D) Art museum
  • 24. In which room of the Nashville Parthenon is the Athena Parthenos statue located?
A) Treasury Room
B) Pediment hall
C) Main entrance foyer
D) Naos
  • 25. Who suggested building a reproduction of the Parthenon in Nashville?
A) Sidney Mttron Hirsch
B) William Crawford Smith
C) Russell Hart
D) Eugene Castner Lewis
  • 26. Who was hired for the concrete reconstruction of the Parthenon that started in 1920?
A) George Julian Zolnay
B) William Crawford Smith
C) Alan LeQuire
D) Russell Hart
  • 27. What was the name of the 1913 Spring Pageant performance?
A) The Fire Regained
B) Centennial Exposition Finale
C) The Athens of the South
D) The Mystery at Thanatos
  • 28. Which room in the Parthenon houses the plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles?
A) Naos
B) Treasury Room
C) The Attic
D) East Hall
  • 29. What happened to the Knights of Pythias Pavilion after the Exposition?
A) It was demolished
B) It was converted into a museum
C) It was rebuilt in concrete
D) It was moved to Franklin, Tennessee
  • 30. In what year was the exterior of the concrete Parthenon completed?
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1897
D) 1931
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