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Review: History of Architecture (Part 1)

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.

a)

Imhotep

b)

Rameses I

c)

Zoser

d)

Khufu

2.

The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was.

a)

Marble

b)

Limestone

c)

Mica

d)

Quartz

3.

Greek architecture was essentially

a)

Grand Façade

b)

Small openings

c)

Columnar trabeated

d)

Dark and solemn

4.

Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the:

a)

Menhir

b)

Torri

c)

Pailou

d)

Propylaea

5.

The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the:

a)

Parthenon

b)

Pantheon

c)

Temple of Nike

d)

Tempietto

6.

With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.

a)

Dome

b)

Arch and vault

c)

Pediment

d)

None of the above

7.

Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Composite

d)

Tuscan

8.

From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using.

a)

Domical roof construction

b)

Onion Dome

c)

Arches

d)

Vault

9.

Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.

a)

Quartz

b)

Pozzolana

c)

Limestone

d)

Marble

10.

The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.

a)

Parthenon

b)

Pantheon

c)

Temple of Nike

d)

Tempietto

11.

The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.

a)

Naos

b)

Pteroma

c)

Peristyle

d)

None of the above

12.

Amphitheaters are used for ___.

a)

Gladiatorial Contests

b)

Chariot Racings

c)

Gymnasium

d)

Theater Plays

13.

An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.

a)

Stoa

b)

Insulae

c)

Villa

d)

Acropolis

14.

The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.

a)

Stoa

b)

Insulae

c)

Villa

d)

Acropolis

15.

An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.

a)

Antefix

b)

Peristyle

c)

Pediment

d)

Menhir

16.

Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.

a)

Stylobate

b)

Volute

c)

Shaft

d)

Acroterion

17.

Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.

a)

Corinthian

b)

Chevron

c)

Anthemion

d)

None of the above

18.

In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.

a)

Apotheca

b)

Palaestra

c)

Forum

d)

Agora

19.

The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.

a)

Buttress

b)

Tracery

c)

Vault

d)

Gargoyles

20.

The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college

a)

Ambulatory

b)

Baptistery

c)

Refectory

d)

Campanile

21.

Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh

a)

Khufu

b)

Khafre

c)

Zoser

d)

Menkaure

22.

A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.

a)

Console

b)

Builderbill

c)

Ogee

d)

Beak

23.

Finest example of French-Gothic architecture

a)

Amiens Cathedral

b)

Reims Cathedral

c)

Chartres Cathedral

d)

Worms Cathedral

24.

Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.

a)

Rectangular

b)

Octagonal

c)

Circular

d)

Pentagonal

25.

A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.

a)

Tokonama

b)

Engawa

c)

Tatami

d)

Takobashira

26.

The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.

a)

Florence Cathedral

b)

St. Basils Cathedral

c)

Hagia Sophia

d)

St. Peters Basilica

27.

An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.

a)

Baldachino

b)

Pediment

c)

Pulpit

d)

Dome

28.

A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.

a)

Tabernacle

b)

Gargoyle

c)

Pediment

d)

 Baldachino

29.

A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.

a)

Narthex

b)

Nave

c)

Apse

d)

Exedra

30.

A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.

a)

Apse

b)

Niche

c)

Baldachin

d)

Ambulatory

31.

A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.

a)

Mudejar

b)

Rococo

c)

Gothic

d)

Islamic

32.

Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis.

a)

Imhotep

b)

Ictinus

c)

Mnesicles

d)

Callicrates

33.

A Greek building that contains painted pictures.

a)

Pinacotheca

b)

Stoa

c)

Insulae

d)

Thermae

34.

A kindred type to the theater.

a)

Palaestra

b)

Epidauros

c)

Stoa

d)

Odeion

35.

The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.

a)

Theatre of Dionysus in Athens

b)

Epidauros

c)

Delphi theatre

d)

Ancient theatre of Argos

36.

A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.

a)

Opus Mixtum

b)

Opus Recticulatum

c)

Opus Incertum

d)

Opus Tesselatum

37.

A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.

a)

Opus Mixtum

b)

Opus Recticulatum

c)

Opus Incertum

d)

Opus Tesselatum

38.

A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect

a)

Opus Incertum

b)

Opus Recticulatum

c)

Opus Mixtum

d)

Opus Quadratum

39.

A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.

a)

Opus Incertum

b)

Opus Recticulatum

c)

Opus Mixtum

d)

Opus Quadratum

40.

Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.

a)

Opus Mixtum

b)

Opus Recticulatum

c)

Opus Incertum

d)

Opus Tesselatum

41.

In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.

a)

Naos

b)

Anta

c)

Dipetral

d)

Pseudoperipteral

42.

From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.

a)

Protsyle

b)

Pseudoperipteral

c)

Amphi-Prostyle

d)

Naos

43.

Corresponds to the Greek naos.

a)

Stylobate

b)

Cella

c)

Colonnade

d)

Antis

44.

The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.

a)

Latin Cross

b)

Rectangular

c)

Greek Cross

d)

Patriarchal

45.

The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.

a)

Latin Cross

b)

Rectangular

c)

Patriarchal

d)

Greek Cross

46.

On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are:

a)

Ambo

b)

Apse

c)

Bema

d)

Pulpit

47.

In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.

a)

Ambo

b)

Apse

c)

Bema

d)

Pulpit

48.

In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___.

a)

Ambo

b)

Apse

c)

Bema

d)

Pulpit

49.

Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.

a)

Basilica

b)

Forum

c)

South

d)

East

50.

Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.

a)

Basilica

b)

Forum

c)

South

d)

East

51.

Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.

a)

North

b)

West

c)

South

d)

East

52.

Orientation of the Medieval Church

a)

North

b)

West

c)

South

d)

East

53.

The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.

a)

Pulpit

b)

Clerestory

c)

Ambulatory

d)

Cancelli

54.

Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)

a)

Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens

b)

Tempietto

c)

Hagia Sophia

d)

Sistine Chapel

55.

Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.

a)

Domed

b)

Centralized

c)

Semi-complex

d)

Four-columed

56.

First school which offered architecture in the Philippines

a)

Mapua Institute of Technology

b)

University of Santo Tomas

c)

Liceo de Manila

d)

University of the Philippines

57.

The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends.

a)

Sienna Cathedral

b)

Worms Cathedral

c)

Reims Cathedral

d)

Amiens Cathedral

58.

The council house in Greece.

a)

Bouleuterion

b)

Amphitheater

c)

Stoa

d)

Prytaneion

59.

The senate house of the Greeks.

a)

Bouleuterion

b)

Amphitheater

c)

Stoa

d)

Prytaneion

60.

The oldest circus in Rome.

a)

Circus Maximus

b)

Circus of Nero

c)

Circus of Variano

d)

Circus Caligula

61.

The oldest and most important forum in Rome

a)

Piazza Navona

b)

Forum Romanum

c)

Coliseum Rome

d)

Basilica

62.

The warm room in the Thermae

a)

Calidarium

b)

Tepidarium

c)

Sudatorium

d)

Unctuaria

63.

The Hot room of the Thermae

a)

Calidarium

b)

Tepidarium

c)

Sudatorium

d)

Unctuaria

64.

The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.

a)

Apodyteria

b)

Tepidarium

c)

Sudatorium

d)

Unctuaria

65.

The dressing room of the Thermae.

a)

Apodyteria

b)

Tepidarium

c)

Sudatorium

d)

Unctuaria

66.

The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.

a)

Apodyteria

b)

Tepidarium

c)

Sudatorium

d)

Unctuaria

67.

The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.

a)

Knossos Palace

b)

Heraion of Argos

c)

Treasury of Atreus

d)

None of the above

68.

Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?

a)

Artaxerxes

b)

Xerxes

c)

Darius

d)

Isodorus

69.

The private house of the Romans.

a)

Domus

b)

Villa

c)

Insulae

d)

Thalamus

70.

The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.

a)

Domus

b)

Villa

c)

Insulae

d)

Thalamus

71.

Roman apartment blocks

a)

Domus

b)

Villa

c)

Insulae

d)

Thalamus

72.

Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site

a)

Domus

b)

Villa

c)

Atrium House

d)

Thalamus

73.

A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.

a)

Atrium House

b)

Balneum

c)

Thalamus

d)

Menhir

74.

A megalithic structure consisting of several large stones set on end with a large covering slab

a)

Megalith

b)

Cromlec

c)

Menhir

d)

Stonehenge

75.

A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt

a)

Royal Pyramids

b)

Stupa

c)

Temples

d)

Pagoda

76.

Principal room of Anatolian House

a)

Atrium House

b)

Villa

c)

Megaron

d)

Thalamus

77.

It consists of the upright column or support including the capital, base, if any, and the horizontal entablature or part supported.

a)

Column

b)

Order

c)

Pediment

d)

Abacus

78.

The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple

a)

Crepidoma

b)

Stylobate

c)

Echimus

d)

Capital

79.

Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high

a)

Villa

b)

Chateau

c)

Insula

d)

Basilica

80.

A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in Renaissance building.

a)

Palladian

b)

Rustication

c)

Opus Mixtum

d)

Machicolations

81.

Designer of the Crystal Palace, London

a)

Sir Norman Foster

b)

Antoni Gaudi

c)

Sir Joseph Paxton

d)

Christopher Wren

82.

Architect of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

a)

Sir Norman Foster

b)

Antoni Gaudi

c)

Sir Joseph Paxton

d)

Christopher Wren

83.

Architect of the White House, D.C.

a)

James Hoban

b)

Sir Joseph Paxton

c)

Christopher Wren

d)

Sir Norman Foster

84.

Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua

a)

Carlos Baretto

b)

Leandro Locsin

c)

Juan Arellano

d)

Carlos Viola

85.

A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers

a)

Kibla

b)

Masjid

c)

Muezzin

d)

Minaret

86.

Man who leads the congregation at a prayer

a)

Kibla

b)

Masjid

c)

Muezzin

d)

Minaret

87.

Architectural style characterized by Friezes and Crestings

a)

Gothic

b)

Chinese

c)

Japanese

d)

Islamic

88.

Sacred enclosure found at walls of Damascus great mosque

a)

Kibla

b)

Masjid

c)

Muezzin

d)

Minaret

89.

Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in the life of the emperor.

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Chanakya

c)

Shah-Jehan

d)

Shah-Zafar

90.

General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was ___________.

a)

Grand Façade

b)

sober & dignified

c)

simple and massive

d)

none of the above

91.

Vaulting compartment into six parts known as

a)

Tripartite

b)

Quadripartite

c)

Sixtite

d)

Pentatite

92.

Is a circular tower 16 m (52 ft.) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades.

a)

Campanile

b)

Altar

c)

Ambulatory

d)

Pulpit

93.

Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and of bishops throne.

a)

Caryatids

b)

Gargolyes

c)

Ambrogio

d)

None of the above

94.

Secular architecture

a)

Market

b)

Church

c)

Villa

d)

Castle

95.

The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by the pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern France

a)

Charlamagne

b)

Henry XIII

c)

James

d)

Alexander

96.

A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch, stones were dropped only on an enemy below.

a)

Merlons

b)

Battlement

c)

Bailey

d)

Machicolations

97.

A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised portions known as merlons

a)

Merlons

b)

Battlement

c)

Bailey

d)

Machicolations

98.

The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure openings.

a)

Merlons

b)

Battlement

c)

Bailey

d)

Machicolations

99.

A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line

a)

Merlons

b)

Battlement

c)

Bailey

d)

Machicolations

100.

A roman house with a central patio.

a)

Domus

b)

Villa

c)

Atrium House

d)

Thalamus