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Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

STONES THAT WERE SLIGHTLY SHAPED AND PLACED STANDING UPRIGHT INTO THE GROUND. THE TERM USED FOR THIS WAS DERIVED FROM CELTIC WORDS FOR “STONE” AND “LONG”.

a)

MENHIR

b)

DOLMEN

c)

CROMLECH

d)

STONEHENGE

2.

LARGE, FLAT STONES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY TWO OR MORE UPRIGHT STONES.

a)

MENHIR

b)

DOLMEN

c)

CROMLECH

d)

STONEHENGE

3.

BURIAL MOUNDS DURING THE PRE – HISTORIC AREA ARE REFERRED TO AS:

a)

MENHIR

b)

DOLMEN

c)

TUMULUS

d)

STONEHENGE

4.

THE LARGEST AND MOST WELL-PRESERVED NEOLITHIC VILLAGE IS:

a)

JERICHO

b)

KHIROKITIA

c)

CATAL HUYUK

d)

PERSOPOLIS

5.

WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA?

a)

TRIPARTITE DESIGN

b)

COURTYARDS

c)

REED ROOFS

d)

PYRAMIDS

6.

WHAT IS THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF AN EGYPTIAN EXTERIOR WALL?

a)

BRACED

b)

STRAIGHT

c)

TAPERED

d)

BENT

7.

A FALCON – HEADED SPHINX IS:

a)

ANDROSPHINX

b)

CRIOSPHINX

c)

HIERACOSPHINX

d)

AMON - RE

8.

A RAM – HEADED SPHINX IS:

a)

ANDROSPHINX

b)

CRIOSPHINX

c)

HIERACOSPHINX

d)

AMON - RE

9.

A COVERED CEREMONIAL ROUTE OR CORRIDOR LEADING FROM A VALLEY TEMPLE TO A MORTUARY TEMPLE AT THE FOOD OF THE PYRAMID.

a)

PYRAMID COMPLEX

b)

MORTUARY TEMPLE

c)

PYRAMID CAUSEWAY

d)

PYRAMID TEMPLE

10.

A TEMPLE PAVILION IN ANCIENT EGYPT USED FOR PREPARING THE PHARAOH FOR HIS FINAL JOURNEY.

a)

PYRAMID COMPLEX

b)

MORTUARY TEMPLE

c)

VALLEY TEMPLE

d)

PYRAMID TEMPLE

11.

THE CIVILIZATION CONSIDERED TO BE THE PRECURSOR TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION.

a)

EGYPTIAN

b)

PERSIAN

c)

MYCENAEAN

d)

GREEK

12.

CONSIDERED AS THE GRANDEST OF ALL EGPYTIAN TEMPLES AND WAS NOT BUILT UPON ONE COMPLETE PLAN. IT OWES ITS SIZE, DISPOSITION AND MAGNIFICENCE TO THE WORK OF MANY KINGS.

a)

TEMPLE OF ISIS

b)

DENDERA TEMPLE COMPLEX

c)

THE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON RE

d)

THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU SIMBEL

13.

WHAT KIND OF TEMPLE IS QUEEN HATSHEPSUT’S TEMPLE? CONSIDER THAT IT IS LOCATED AT THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS --- THE MAIN BURIAL PLACE FOR THE EGYPTIAN ROYALTY

a)

MORTUARY TEMPLE

b)

CULT TEMPLE

c)

MAMMISI

d)

ZIGGURAT

14.

TEMPLE CHARACTERIZED BY A FAÇADE CARVED DIRECTLY INTO A SANDSTONE CLIFF AND DOMINATED BY FOUR COLOSSAL SEATED FIGURES, EACH ABOUT 22 METERS TALL --- ALL THE FIGURES ARE PORTRAYALS OF RAMESSES.

a)

TEMPLE OF ISIS

b)

DENDERA TEMPLE COMPLEX

c)

THE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON RE

d)

THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU SIMBEL

15.

A STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN GREEK IN WHICH THE BEAM FORMS THE CONSTRUCTIVE FEATURE.

a)

DORIC

b)

IONIC

c)

PINACOTHECA

d)

TRABEATED

16.

IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A RECESS OR ALCOVE WITH RAISED SEAT WHERE THE DISPUTATION OF THE LEARNED TOOK PLACE.

a)

EXEDRAE

b)

TRABEATED

c)

PINACOTHECA

d)

IONIC

17.

IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A PICTURE GALLERY OR A BUILDING TO CONTAIN PAINTED

a)

DORIC

b)

IONIC

c)

PINACOTHECA

d)

TRABEATED

18.

THE CHIEF CLASS OF BUILDING IN THE HELLENIC PERIOD.

a)

CHURCHES

b)

TEMPLES

c)

MEGARON

d)

AGORA

19.

THE STEPS FORMING THE BASE OF A COLUMNED GREEK TEMPLE.

a)

PEDIMENT

b)

CREPIDOMA

c)

NAOS

d)

STYLOBATE

20.

THE UPPER STEP FORMING A PLATFORM ON WHICH A COLONNADE IS PLACED.

a)

PEDIMENT

b)

CREPIDOMA

c)

NAOS

d)

STYLOBATE

21.

IN CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, A TRIANGULAR PIECE OF WALL ABOVE THE ENTABLATURE ENCLOSED BY RAKING CORNICES.

a)

PEDIMENT

b)

CREPIDOMA

c)

NAOS

d)

STYLOBATE

22.

TOOTH LIKE BLOCKS IN IONIC AND CORINTHIAN CORNICES.

a)

ATTIC BASE

b)

FLUTES

c)

PLINTH

d)

DENTILS

23.

IN AN IONIC COLUMN, THE LOWEST SQUARE MEMBER OF THE BASE OF A COLUMN.

a)

ATTIC BASE

b)

FLUTES

c)

PLINTH

d)

DENTILS

24.

IN AN IONIC COLUMN, A SMALL FLAT BAND BETWEEN MOULDINGS TO SEPARATE THEM FROM EACH OTHER.

a)

ATTIC BASE

b)

FILLETS

c)

PLINTH

d)

DENTILS

25.

THE VERTICAL CHANNELING ON THE SHAFT OF A COLUMN.

a)

ATTIC BASE

b)

FLUTES

c)

PLINTH

d)

DENTILS

26.

IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A LONG COLONNADED BUILDING THAT SERVES MANY PURPOSES.

a)

PRYTANEION

b)

STOA

c)

BOULEUTERION

d)

THERMAE

27.

IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, OFTEN RECTANGULAR BUILDINGS WITH BANKED SEATS FACING INWARDS.

a)

PRYTANEION

b)

STOA

c)

BOULEUTERION

d)

THERMAE

28.

IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING THAT SERVES AS A SENATE HOUSE FOR THE CHIEF DIGNITARIES OF THE CITY AND AS A PLACE WHERE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AND CITIZENS MIGHT BE ENTERTAINED.

a)

PRYTANEION

b)

STOA

c)

BOULEUTERION

d)

THERMAE

29.

PALATIAL BATHS OF IMPERIAL ROME.

a)

PRYTANEION

b)

STOA

c)

BOULEUTERION

d)

THERMAE

30.

A ROMAN DWELLING TYPE THAT IS FOUR OR MORE STOREYS HIGH.

a)

MEGARON

b)

DOMUS

c)

VILLAS

d)

INSULA

31.

A ROMAN DWELLING TYPE THAT COMBINED THE FEATURES OF AN ETRUSCAN DWELLING WITH OTHER ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK HOUSE.

a)

MEGARON

b)

DOMUS

c)

VILLAS

d)

INSULA

32.

IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, A RANGE OF COLUMNS SURROUNDING A COURT OR A TEMPLE.

a)

STOA

b)

PERISTYLE

c)

CUBICULUM

d)

TRICLINIUM

33.

A ROMAN DINING ROOM WITH COUCHES ON THREE SIDES.

a)

STOA

b)

PERISTYLE

c)

CUBICULUM

d)

TRICLINIUM

34.

A ROMAN BEDROOM, BUT SOMETIMES USED IN A LESS SPECIFIC SENSE TO DENOTE OTHER ROOMS.

a)

STOA

b)

PERISTYLE

c)

CUBICULUM

d)

TRICLINIUM

35.

A CANOPY SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS GENERALLY PLACED OVER AN ALTAR OR TOMB.

a)

APSE

b)

BALDACHINO

c)

NARTHEX

d)

SOFFIT

36.

A LONG ARCADED ENTRANCE PORCH TO AN EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA CHURCH.

a)

APSE

b)

BALDACHINO

c)

NARTHEX

d)

BEMA

37.

IN EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE, A RAISED STAGE RESERVED FOR THE CLERGY.

a)

APSE

b)

BALDACHINO

c)

NARTHEX

d)

BEMA

38.

THE CHIEF STRUCTURE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

a)

AGORA

b)

FORUM

c)

TEMPLE

d)

CHURCH

39.

THE PLAN SHAPE FOR EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

a)

POLYGONAL

b)

BASILICAN

c)

LATIN CROSS

d)

GREEK CROSS

40.

TERM APPLIED TO THE TRIANGULAR CURVED OVERHANGING SURFACE BY MEANS OF WHICH A CIRCULAR DOME IS SUPPORTED OVER A SQUARE OR POLYGONAL COMPARTMENT.

a)

FRESCO

b)

PENDENTIVE

c)

ARCH

d)

VAULT

41.

THE CHURCH PLAN OF A BYZANTINE CHURCH.

a)

POLYGONAL

b)

BASILICAN

c)

LATIN CROSS

d)

GREEK CROSS

42.

THE CHURCH PLAN OF A ROMANESQUE CHURCH.

a)

POLYGONAL

b)

BASILICAN

c)

LATIN CROSS

d)

GREEK CROSS

43.

THE PORTION OF A WALL ABOVE THE ROOF GUTTER OR BALCONIES

a)

BATTLEMENT

b)

CRENEL

c)

PARAPET

d)

PORTCULLIS

44.

IN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE LOWER PART OF A MEDIEVAL VAULT WHERE THE RIBS CONVERGE AGAINST THE OUTER WALL AND FORM AN APPROXIMATION OF AN INVERTED HALF-CONE OR HALF-PYRAMID.

a)

STELLAR

b)

CONOID

c)

LIERNE

d)

BOSS

45.

IN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A MEDIEVAL VAULT IN WHICH THE RIBS COMPOSE A STAR-SHAPED PATTERN

a)

STELLAR

b)

CONOID

c)

LIERNE

d)

BOSS

46.

GOTHIC IS, IN ESSENCE:

a)

DEPARTURE TO THE CLASSIC LINES

b)

RETURN TO THE CLASSIC LINES

c)

ROMAN – LIKE ART

d)

ARCHITECTURE OF THE CURVED LINE

47.

THE TEMPLE OF ST.PETER IN MONTORIO, A STRUCTURE THAT RESEMBLES A SMALL ROMAN CIRCULAR TEMPLE WITH DORIC COLUMNS, WAS DESIGNED BY:

a)

BENEDETTO DA MAJANO

b)

DONATO BRAMANTE

c)

GIULIANO DA SANGALLO

d)

RAPHAEL SANTI

48.

A VAULT CREATED BY INTERSECTING TWO BARREL VAULTS AT RIGHT ANGLES.

a)

BARREL

b)

GROIN

c)

FAN

d)

LIERNE

49.

A VAULT TO WHICH ADDITIONAL STONES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE JOINTS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN IT.

a)

RIB

b)

GROIN

c)

FAN

d)

LIERNE

50.

CHARACTERISTIC VAULT OF MANY ENGLISH CATHEDRALS OF THE 12TH AND 13TH CENTURIES, WHERE RIBS OF VAULTS BECAME WILDLY ELABORATE AND SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CEILING OF SPACES.

a)

RIB

b)

GROIN

c)

FAN

d)

LIERNE