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ALE - History of Architecture Part 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Aegean beehive shaped type of tomb is called

a)

Tholos

b)

Menhir

c)

Mausoleum

d)

Loculi

2.

The epinaos is also called

a)

Trachelion

b)

Opisthodomos

c)

Posticum

d)

Portico

3.

The intercolumniation of an eustyle is

a)

4D

b)

1.5D

c)

2.25D

d)

3D

4.

The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of a Greek City is called

a)

Peribolus

b)

Temenos

c)

Pteroma

d)

Corps de logis

5.

Sunk panels found in the ceiling of Greek Temples is called

a)

Acroteria

b)

Lacunaria

c)

Agora

d)

Festoon

6.

The Greek male statue used as columns is called

a)

Canephorae

b)

Quadrigas

c)

Atlantes

d)

Osiris

7.

The space between triglyphs with or without sculptures is called

a)

Metope

b)

Dentil

c)

Architrave

d)

Guttae

8.

The widely used order during the Greek period is the

a)

Ionic

b)

Doric

c)

Corinthian

d)

Tuscan

9.

The tomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also know as

a)

Mausoleum, Helicarnassos

b)

Tomb of Agememnon

c)

Tomb of Clytemnestra

d)

Thersilion, Megapolis

10.

A recess or alcove with raised seat where disputes took place is the

a)

Crest

b)

Rolock

c)

Exedrae

d)

Niche

11.

The eaves of the Greek temple are protected by a detail which is used to eject rain water is called

a)

Apteral

b)

Analoi

c)

Angiportus

d)

Antefixae

12.

A temple arranged with a single line of columns surrounding the naos is called

a)

Peristyle

b)

Peripteral

c)

Dodecastyle

d)

Apteral

13.

In the Greek theater, the scene building which was merely a tent or a booth in which the performers prepared is the

a)

Paraskenia

b)

Skene

c)

Orchestra

d)

Cavea

14.

The town square which was the center of the Greeks social and business life is the

a)

Stoa

b)

Fora

c)

Agora

d)

Circus

15.

A long colonnaded building used around public places and as shelters and religious shrines is the

a)

Proa

b)

Stoa

c)

Exedrae

d)

Pinacotheca

16.

The building that served as senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a place where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained

a)

Bouleuterion

b)

Thersilion

c)

Prytaneion

d)

Diathyros

17.

The Greek council house which is a covered meeting place for the democratically-elected councils is called

a)

Leontarium

b)

Hypaethrum

c)

Farrarium

d)

Bouleuterion

18.

A kindred type to the theater

a)

Postern

b)

Odeion

c)

Bustum

d)

Farrarium

19.

A foot racecourse in the cities, where games were celebrated is the

a)

Stadium

b)

Circus

c)

Thermae

d)

Xystus

20.

Similar to the stadium, though longer stype of building for horse and chariot racing is the

a)

Prytaneion

b)

Hippodrome

c)

Velodrome

d)

Hypocaust