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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

Some of the gothic architecture features were

a)

Thick Walls

b)

Pinnacle

c)

Flying Buttress

d)

Large Windows

2.

Every vertical support in Gothic architecture depended for its stability on being stayed by a buttress, which in its turn was weighted by a ____________________ ; and every arch-thrust met another which counter- acted it.

a)

Pinnacle

b)

Flying Buttress

c)

Pointed arch

d)

stained glass windows

3.

The painted glass windows had

a)

Floral elements

b)

Geometric Patterns

c)

Biblical history illustrated

4.

a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.

a)

Triforium

b)

Chavet

c)

Rose Window

d)

Tymphanum

5.

In the Notre-Dame Paris, the transepts were

a)

long and gave a cross plan

b)

were only as long as the aisle

c)

absent

6.

_______ arch is a predominant feature in the decorated english gothic style of architecture

a)

pointed

b)

ogee

c)

semicircular

d)

segmented

7.

Perpendicular gothic architecture gets its name from

a)

The strong vertical lines

b)

The strong horizontal lines

c)

The presence of columns

d)

The presence of vaults

8.

Westminster abbey has the tallest ______ in England

a)

Nave

b)

Aisle

c)

Chapel

d)

roof

9.

Westminster abbey has _____ vault

a)

fan

b)

sexpartite

c)

quadripartite

d)

barrel

10.

What roof is this ?

a)

Hammer beam roof

b)

Tie beam roof

c)

Collar braced roof

d)

Trussed rafter roof