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2: Greek and Roman temples

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the name for the steps leading up to a temple?

a)

Stereobate

b)

Stylobate

c)

Peripteral

d)

Colonnade

2.

Which of the following is NOT a decorative feature on the outside of a temple

a)

Metope

b)

Triglyph

c)

Naos

d)

Pediment

3.

Which names are given to the central part of temple that functions as the god's house?

a)

Naos

b)

Pronaos

c)

Opisthodomos

d)

Cella

4.

What is the name of number 6 and what was it for?

a)

Pronaos

b)

Housing the cult statue

c)

Treasury

d)

Opisthodomos

5.

What type of columns does the Parthenon have?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Engaged

6.

What words are associated with this image?

a)

Volutes

b)

Ionic

c)

Capital

d)

Architrave

7.

What are metopes?

a)

Another word for the stone pillars that support the temple with a post and lintel structure

b)

Triangular spaces at the tope of the temple, often containing sculpture

c)

Square slabs, often containing sculpture, situated above the architrave

d)

Rectangular slabs with grooves carved into them, situated above the architrave

8.

To whom was the Parthenon dedicated?

a)

Parthians

b)

Minerva

c)

Poseidon

d)

Athena

9.

To whom was the temple at Olympia dedicated?

a)

Artemis

b)

Zeus

c)

Hera

d)

Dionysus

10.

Which temple has Corinthian columns?

a)

Zeus at Olympia

b)

Zeus at Athens

c)

Parthenon

d)

Temple of Nike on the acropolis

11.

You could enter both Greek temples and Roman temples from both the front and the rear. True, false or half right?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Greek temples only

d)

Roman temples only

12.

What is a caryatid?

a)

A statue of the god situated in the cella or naos

b)

A chryselephantine statue

c)

A ritual basin that contained water

d)

Sculpted female figures taking the places of columns

13.

Which is the name given to religious 'pollution'?

a)

Miasma

b)

Cacophany

c)

Euphony

d)

Calypso

14.

What is significant about the word 'temenos'?

a)

Gives us the word 'temple'

b)

Sanctuary

c)

A basin of purified water

d)

A healing centre

15.

On which side would you enter a Greek temple?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

16.

Which word is not associated with columns?

a)

Colonnade

b)

Peristyle

c)

Crepidoma

d)

Peripteral

17.

What is the name given to a circular temple?

a)

Prostyle

b)

Dipteral

c)

Tholos

d)

In Antis

18.

Which is the 'youngest' or ‘latest’ column order?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

19.

Which term is given to the concave grooves carved into a column from top to bottom?

a)

Flutes

b)

Shafts

c)

Frieze

d)

Capital

20.

Which was the simplest column style/order?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian