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History of Architecture

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Post & Lintel (Trabeated), Corbel or Cantilevered, Arch & Vault, Trussed

a)

Pre-Historic

b)

Greek

c)

Roman

d)

Egyptian

2.

Isolated single upright stone also know as menhir.

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Monilith

c)

Megalithic

d)

Cave

3.

Drapped female figure in a columnwith basket on her head.

a)

Caryatids

b)

Canephorae

c)

Telamon

d)

Atlas

4.

Drapped female figure without hands and carrying nothing

a)

Caryatids

b)

Canephorae

c)

Telamon

d)

Atlas

5.

Which does not belong to the group?

a)

Doric

b)

Tuscan

c)

Ionic

d)

Corinthian

6.

Having nine columns on one or on each front

a)

Heptasyle

b)

Dodecastyle

c)

Enneastyle

d)

Pentastyle

7.

The lowermost division if classical entablature, resting directly in the column capital.

a)

Frieze

b)

Cornice

c)

Capital

d)

Architrave

8.

Which does not belong to the group?

a)

Architrave

b)

Entablature

c)

Column

d)

Pedestal

9.

Colosseum, rome was commenced by vespacian and completed by?

a)

Domitian

b)

Trajan

c)

Titus

d)

None

10.

Who design the interlocking thin shell, shark like concept, that can be seen on the shore of austrilia?

a)

Jorg Utzon

b)

Santiago Calatrava

c)

Norman Foster

d)

Michael Graves

11.

Standard size of ifugao house?

a)

2.5 x 2.5

b)

3 x 3

c)

4 x 4

d)

5 x 5

12.

From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine architecture is?

a)

Timber Trusses

b)

Ribbed Arches

c)

Domical Roof Construction

d)

Valut

13.

An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut stones?

a)

Opus Caementium

b)

Opus Reticulatum

c)

Opus Incertum

d)

Opus quaratum

14.

One of world's supreme masterpieces of Romanesque arch w/c was the 1st bldg in Europe to have ribbed vaults?

a)

Norwich cathedral

b)

Burnham cathedral

c)

Winchester cathedral

d)

Durham Cathedral

15.

Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and paraboloids in buildings?

a)

Zaha Hadid

b)

Antoni Gaudi

c)

Santiago Calatrava

d)

Frank Gherry

16.

Arch'l character of Romanesque style?

a)

Sober and Dignified

b)

Sober and Grotesque

c)

Distinct piers & flat buttresses

d)

Massiveness & Grandeur

17.

Imposing entrance to acropolis and erected by architect mnesicles?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Erechtheion

c)

Propylaea

d)

Hypostyle

18.

What capital order was used in the parthenon?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Tuscan

19.

A greek temple has 6 columns in front and at the back, at its sides, it has eleven columns, that includes the outermost columns at the front and back. What do you call this kind of temple?

a)

Pseudodipteral

b)

Tetrastyle

c)

Decastyle

d)

Peripteral

20.

Development of dome to cover polygonal & square plans for churches, tombs and baptisteries is the character of?

a)

Gothic

b)

Byzantine

c)

Romanesque

d)

Early Christian

21.

Which of the order was added by romans to the orders used by the greeks?

a)

Composite

b)

Tuscan

c)

Ionic

d)

Corinthian

22.

Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to encompass many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture?

a)

Faux painting

b)

Fresco painting

c)

Art deco

d)

Bas relief

23.

Who is the beginner of great hypostyle hall at Karnak and founder of 19th dynasty?

a)

Rameses I

b)

Seti I

c)

Rameses II

d)

Darius

24.

Splendid example of early gothic?

a)

St paul’s cathedral

b)

Cathedral of notre dame

c)

Basilica

d)

Westminster abbey

25.
a)

Art Deco

b)

Art Nouveau

c)

Modern

d)

American

26.

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world-renowned and has the largest brick dome ever constructed, it is also known as?

a)

Sienna cathedral

b)

Florence cathedral

c)

Basilica of the holy blood

d)

Basilica of the holy cross

27.

Architect who advocated the "organic arch." and envisioned the "broadacre city" for the future?

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Wallace Harrison

c)

Eero saarinen

d)

Daniel Burnham

28.

Standing stones usually capped with a horizontal slab?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Chromelech

c)

Menhir

d)

Dolmen

29.

Mineral of greatest importance to greek architecture of w/c Greece and her domains had ample of supplies?

a)

Marble

b)

Granite

c)

Pozzolana

d)

Clay

30.

A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?

a)

Stylobate

b)

Crepidoma

c)

Stereobate

d)

Base

31.

Decorative clerestory found above the windows of a Bahay na bato?

a)

Colada

b)

Rakuh

c)

Ventanilla

d)

Grill

32.

Largest medieval cathedral in Europe, w/ exception of s. peter's rome. The largest church in the world?

a)

Sagrada familia

b)

Seville cathedral

c)

Westminster abbey

d)

Notre Dame

33.

In egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Pyramid

c)

Mastaba

d)

Stepped Pyramid

34.

Temple w/ circular plan supporting a dome of about 140 ft in diam. & described by Thomas Jefferson as model of spherical arch is?

a)

Pantheon

b)

Parthenon

c)

S. Sophia

d)

St. peter basilica

35.

Church plan of early christian churches?

a)

Basilica

b)

Latin cross

c)

Greek cross

d)

Calvary cross

36.

Identify the arch in the illustration?

a)

Equilateral Arch

b)

Lancet Arch

c)

Tudor Arch

d)

Drop Arch

37.

Architect/city planner who authored the "ekistics" - the science of human settlements?

a)

Gropius

b)

Doxiadis

c)

Niemeyer

d)

Vitruvius

38.

Area reserved for entertaining guests in bahay kubo?

a)

Dulang

b)

Caida

c)

Bulwagan

d)

Sala

39.

Temple whose most remarkable feature is use of all 3 greek orders, Doric outside, ionic & Corinthian within is

a)

Artemus

b)

Parthenon

c)

Apollo epicurius

d)

Atlas

40.

For muslim architecture and characteristics, it is called gathering place?

a)

Mimbar

b)

Mihrab

c)

Kaba

d)

Minaret

41.

Where did gothic architecture originate?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

42.

Most important distinctive character of mature Spanish Romanesque architecture?

a)

Horseshoe arch

b)

Parabolic arch

c)

Lancet arch

d)

Tudor

43.

Traditional maranaw house for the ordinary members of the community?

a)

Lamin

b)

Dama

c)

Torogan

d)

Walay

44.

Egyptian architecture is characterized by?

a)

Columnar and Trabeated

b)

Massiveness and Ornamentation

c)

Monumental and Trabeated

d)

Very Ornate

45.
a)

Round

b)

Ellipse

c)

Trapezoid

d)

Half Circle

46.

Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to have originated w/ the?

a)

Etruscans

b)

Aegeans

c)

Corsicans

d)

None

47.

Romanesque architecture in italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of ___for facing walls?

a)

Bricks

b)

Marble

c)

Granite

d)

Mosaic

48.

What is the name for the decorated tiles that sometimes cover entire walls of buildings in Portugal, Spain, and places they colonized?

a)

azulejos

b)

faience

c)

majolica

d)

delfware

49.

What was the world’s tallest human-made structure from 1899 to 1929?

a)

Petronas Tower

b)

Chrysler Building

c)

Eiffel Tower

d)

Empire State Building

50.

An ornamented canopy of stone or marble permanently placed over the altar in a church.

a)

Apse

b)

Bema

c)

Ambulatory

d)

Baldachino