Northwestern University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

Laoag City

SELF ASSESSMENT TEST

Comprehensive Architectural Review
Module 1 – History of Architecture

1. Greek architecture was essentially.

a. Arched and vaulted b. Columnar and trabeated c. Battered d. Gorged
2. Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
a. Propylaea b. Pylon c. Stoa d. Pinachoteca
3. The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
a. The Hagia Sophia b. St. Maria Maggiore c. St. Sabina d. St. Sophia, Constantinople
4. The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
a. Parthenon b. Colosseum c. Pantheon d. Roman Forum
5. Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks?
a. Tuscan b. Ionic c. Composite d. Corinthian
6. The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
a. Rameses 1 b. Sneferu c. Rameses 2 d. Rameses 4
7. The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
a. Epinaos b. pronaos c. Pteroma d. crepidoma
8. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
a. Stoa b. Propylaea c. Agora d. Caryatid porch
9. The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
a. Massive b. Sober and dignified c. Purity d. Vaulted
10. The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
a. Macedonia b. Agamemnon Citadel c. Acropolis d. Trojan Forum
11. 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. Metope b. mutules c. acroterion d. Antefixae
12. Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
a. Anthemion b. Modillon c. Cyma recta d. Acroterion
13. The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
a. Romanesque b. Gothic c. renaissance d. Baroque
14. The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
a. Cortel b. Tracery c. Transom d. Bale
15. The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
a. Doric b. Tuscan c. Ionic d. Corinthian
16. The open court in an Italian palazzo.
a. Cortel b. Tracery c. Transom d. Bale
17. A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an
altar.
a. Muenzzin b. Apse c. Nave d. Mihrab
18. Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
a. Boleuterion b. Acroterion c. Frigidarium d. Prytaneion
19. The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh
a. Pyramid of Khufu b. Pyramid of Zoser c. Pyramid of Mykerinos d. Pyramid of Chepren
20. Caryatid porch is from what architecture?
a. Etruscan b. Greek c. Aegean d. Roman
21. A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
a. Acroterion b. Cortel c. Bartisan d. Heb-sed
22. Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia.
a. Sarcophagus b. Tumulus c. Cevertery d. Cortel
23. The world's first large-scale monument in stone.
a. Pyramid of Khufu b. Pyramid of Zoser c. Pyramid of Mykerinos d. Pyramid of Chepren
24. Different historical styles combined.
a. Formalism b. Modernism c. Neo-classicism d. Eclecticism
25. Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market.
a. Agora b. Parthenon c. Stoa d. Colosseum
26. A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
a. Trachelion b. Entasis c. Fillets d. flutes
27. From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___.
a. Crepidoma b. Stylobate c. Attic Base d. Scotia
28. Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.
a. Sarchopagus b. Cenotaphs c. Quadriga d.Console
29. The style emerging in Western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements,
characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the
advent of Gothic architecture.
a. Neo-classic b. Ecclesiastical c. Baroque d. Romanesque
30. A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.
a. Reed b. Palm c. Acanthus d. Papyrus
31. The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch.
a. Triglyph b. metope c. tenia d. tympanum
32. Parts of an entablature in order, from top to bottom.
a. Frieze,cornice, architrave b. architrave, frieze, cornice c. cornice, frieze, architrave
33. A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.
a. Narthex b. Pendentive c. Nave d. Aisle

34. A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica.
a. Ablution b. Clerestory c. Cantharus d. Baldachino
35. A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base.
a. Abacus b. Plinth c. Fillet d. astragal
36. The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
 a. Seraglio b. harem c. Khan d. Megaron Proper
37. Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
a. Seraglio b. harem c. Khan d. Megaron Proper
38. The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II are carved in the pylon of the ___.
a. Temple of Khons b. Temple of Abu Simbel c. Temple of Isis
39. Egyptian temples used for ministrations to deified pharaohs.
a. Mortuary temples b. Cult temples c. rock-hewn temples d. Mastabas
40. The Greek male statues used as columns.
a. Canephora b. Atlantes c. Atlas d. Ancones
41. A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.
a. Palaestra b. Gymnasium c. Calonicum d. Hippodrome
42. The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
a. Stereobate b. attic base c. stylobate d. Lacus
43. Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'?
a. Antaxerxes b. Darius c. Xerxes d. Nebuchadnezzar
44. Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
a. Michaelangelo b. Homer c. Phidias d. Clepsidra
45. Architects of the Parthenon.
a. Phidias and Clepsidra b. Callicrates and Ictinus c. Phidias and Homer d. Callicrates & Homer
46. Architect of the Erechtheion.
a. Mnesicles b. Agrippa c. Cossutius d. Callimachus
47. A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
a. Opus recticulatum b. opus Incertum c. opus Testaceum d. Opus Quadratum
48. A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.
a. Opus recticulatum b. opus Incertum c. opus Testaceum d. Opus Quadratum
49. Who conceptualized the Corinthian capital?
a. Mnesicles b. Salientes c. Cossutius d. Callimachus
50. Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
a. Lacunaria b. Opus tesselatum c. opus Incertum c. Opus Testaceum
51. The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
a. Anteroom b. thalamus c. tumulus d. Insula
52. Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty.
a. Rock-hewn tombs b. mastaba c. pyramid d. mortuary temple
53. Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
a. Thothmes I b. Ptolemy III c. Isidorus d. Antemius
54. The Hot room of the Thermae.
a. Sudotorium b. frigidarium c. Calidarium d. Tepidarium
55. The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.
a. Sudotorium b. frigidarium c. Calidarium d. Tepidarium
56. The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
a. Sudotorium b. frigidarium c. Calidarium d. Tepidarium
57. A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples.
a. Hipostyle Hall b. Unctuaria c. Apodyteria d. Insula
58. In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens.
a. Doric b. Ionic c. Corinthian d. Tuscan
59. The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.
a. Fleuron b. Volute c. Balteus d. Ovolo
60. The architect of the Pantheon.
a. Mnesicles b. Agrippa c. Cossutius d. Callimachus
61. In the Doric order, the shaft terminates in the ___.
a. Trachelion b. Hypotrachelion c. Echinus d. Annulets
62. The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility.
a. Grape ornament b. Continous Coil Spiral c. Rope and feather d. Lotus and papyrus
63. A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
a. Insula b. Domus c. Thermae d. Balneum
64. The large element in the frieze.
a. Mutules b. metope c. tenia d. triglyph
65. A small payer house in Egyptian Islamic architecture.
a. Madrassah b. Mesjid c. Masjid d. Medrese
66. He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
a. Bernini b. Balteus c. Agrippa d. Isidorus
67. Roman large square tiles.
a. Fret b. Peribolus c. Bepidales d. Theron
68. A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight lines
intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
a. Fret b. Peribolus c. Bepidales d. Theron
69. The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos
a. Fret b. Peribolus c. Bepidales d. Theron
70. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
a. Fret b. Peribolus c. Bepidales d. Theron
71. Roman apartment blocks.
a. Insula b. Domus c. Thermae d. Balneum
72. A kindred type to the theater.
a. Amphitheater b. Procenium c. Odeion d. Auditorium
73. Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
a. Mnesicles b. Clepsydra c. Theron d. Cossutius
74. In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.
a. Salientes b. Lacus c. Epidauros d. Exedra
75. A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place.
a. Salientes b. Lacus c. Epidauros d. Exedra
76. The world’s tallest minaret is located at
a. Qutub Minar b. Kubbet-es-sakhra c. The great Mosque Cordoba d. Hassan II Mosque
77. The courtyard of a mosque
a. Sahn b. Iwan c. Bab d. Mihrab
78. Women’s or private quarters of a house
a. Sahn b. Harem c. selamlik d. Chattri
 79. Domical mound containing a relic.
a. Tumulus b. stupa c. bale d. choityas
80. Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
a. Delhi b. Istanbul c. Agra d. Aleppo
81. A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.
a. Barrel Vault b. Groin vault c. Waggon vault d. pinnacle
82. What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque?
a. Pinnacle b. dome c. Minaret d. Iwan
83. The Dome of the Rock is locally called
a. Gur-I-mir Samarkand b. Suleymaniye c. Air Ben Haddon d. Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah
84. A palace/fortress structure reflecting the peak of the Moorish architecture
a. The Great Mosque of Cordoba b. Alhambra c. Alcazar d. Shah-e-Sendah
85. One of Lahore’s best known landmarks describing the inate beauty of the Mughal era
a. Badshahi masjid b. Mosque of Sultan Al-Zahir c. Sultan Hassan Mosque
86. Buddhist meeting halls
a. Chaityas b. Stupa c. temples d. Rock-cut temples
87. In Hindu architecture, a spire-shaped roof is
a. Mandapa b. vimana c. sikhara d. Garbha-griha
88. A famous Buddhist chaitya known as the “Carpenter’s Cave”
a. Hoysaleswara b. Vishwakarma c. Maharashtra d. Chaitya Ajanta
89. A temple with pyramidal roof and interior showing the brackets radiating from the column to
reduce the span of the roof
a. Dilwara temple b. Rock-cut Temple Elephanta c. Hoysaleswara Temple
90. A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.
a. Basilica b. Bouleuterion c. Cathedral d. Prytaneion
91. King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.
a. Mnesicles b. Imhotep c. Rameses II d. Sneferu
92. The council house in Greece.
a. Bouleuterion b. prytaneion c. erechthion d. sudotorium
93. Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
a. Pseudo- Dipteral b. Periphteral c. Dipteral d. Pseudo-Periphteral
94. The characteristic of Greek ornament.
a. Anthemion b. Apotheca c. Cortel d. Embrasures
95. All are features of the Tuscan column EXCEPT
a. Simply mounded capital b. Fluted shaft c. Plain entablature d. simple base
96. Hemispherical Domes are also called ________.
a. Barrel Vault b. ocula c. cupola d. Mutula
97. A feature of Roman temples characterized by half-columns attached to the walls with a prostyle
portico in front
a. Pseudo- Dipteral b. Periphteral c. Dipteral d. Pseudo-Peripteral
98. The most sacred shrine where the sacred fire was kept signifying life and power
a. Temple of Diana b. Temple of vesta c. Temple of Portunus d. The Pantheon
99. The raised platform in a Roman basilica.
a. Narthex b. Dais c. Refectory d. Tracery
100. The Triangular space enclosed by the curve of an arch.
a. Soffit b. Quadriga c. Spandrel d. Keystone
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1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. B
27. A
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. A
34. C
35. B
36. A
37. B
38. B
39. A
40. B
41. B
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. A
48. D
49. D
50. B
51. B
52. A
53. B
54. C
55. B
56. A
57. A
58. B
59. C
60. B
61. B
62. D
63. D
64. D
65. A
66. A
67. C
68. A
69. B
70. D
71. A
72. C
73. D
74. B
75. D
76. D
77. A
78. B
79. B
80. C
81. B
82. A
83. D
84. B
85. A
86. A
87. C
88. B
89. A
90. A
91. B
92. A
93. C
94. A
95. B
96. C
97. D
98. B
99. B
100. C