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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

style that blossomed in France and spread throughout Europe from the 12th till the 16th century. It was the successor of Romanesque architecture and the predecessor of Renaissance architecture.

a)

Gothic architecture

b)

Roman architecture

c)

Egyptian architecture

d)

Greek architecture

2.

What are the characteristics of Gothic architecture?

a)

Large colored all-glass windows

b)

Thin and pointed arches

c)

Intersecting barrel vaults (Ribbed Vaults)

d)

Flying buttresses

e)

All of the above

3.

Construction of the cathedral started in 1296 and was finished in 1436. The iconic basilica owns the world’s biggest brick dome. The edifice has multi-colored columns made of pink and green marble with white marble on the margins.

a)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

b)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

c)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

d)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

4.

cathedral was built during the reign of Henry III, and ever since it has witnessed major events and ceremonies for the British royal family. It is also the place of burial for many British monarchs like Henry III himself.

a)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

b)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

c)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

d)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

5.

The church was founded in 597 and took several centuries for the completion of its construction, which was followed by some expansions, the latest of which was in 1834.

a)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

b)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

c)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

d)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

6.

Being the site of Victor Hugo’s epic novel ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, the basilica was built between 1163 and 1345. It features tinted glass and beautiful ornamentations and sculptures.

a)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

b)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

c)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

d)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

7.

The cathedral is 138.8 feet high which allows it to win the title of the tallest basilica in France, in addition to having the greatest interior volume which reaches up to 260,000 cubic yards.

a)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

b)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

c)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

d)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

8.

It is one of the world’s tallest edifices, a key landmark of Cologne, and a tourist attraction as well. The cathedral stands where a Roman temple once existed.

a)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

b)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

c)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

d)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

9.

It is the biggest basilica in Italy. Since it was customary for the construction of these great buildings to take centuries to be completed, our cathedral here took about 600 years. Milan Cathedral doesn’t have two front towers, but rather several little pinnacles.

a)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

b)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

c)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

d)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

10.

This is where many French kings had their coronation ceremonies. The cathedral was built on the grounds of an ancient Catholic basilica. The construction of Reims Cathedral was finished by the late 13th century. The western front was constructed a century later.

a)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

b)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

c)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

d)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

11.

It is a very well-protected church since almost all of its windows still have their original tinted glass. The building stayed, nearly, in the same condition since it was constructed in the 13th century

a)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

b)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

c)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

d)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

12.
a)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

b)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

c)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

d)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

13.
a)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

b)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

c)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

d)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

14.
a)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

b)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

c)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

d)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

15.
a)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

b)

Canterbury Cathedral – Kent, UK

c)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

d)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

16.
a)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

b)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

c)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

d)

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral – Florence, Italy

17.
a)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

b)

Westminster Abbey – London, UK

c)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

d)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

18.
a)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

b)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

c)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

d)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

19.
a)

Chartres Cathedral – Chartres, France

b)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

c)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

d)

Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral – Paris, France

20.
a)

Cologne Cathedral – Cologne, Germany

b)

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

c)

Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France

d)

Reims Cathedral – Reims, France

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