HUM2020- archetechture quiz
In what year did the Great Fire of London destroy about 13,000 houses, 400 streets, and 90 churches (including old St. Paul's Cathedral)?
1666
What are the dates for the Golden Age of Athens?
480-404 B.C.E.
Who among the following earned an epitaph that refers to him as the builder of London and suggests that, if one seeks a monument, he/she should look around?
Christopher Wren
Which of the following is an ancient Roman amphitheater that could seat as many as 50,000 spectators and was the site of gladiatorial combats, wild beast hunts, and even mock naval battles?
Colosseum
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (with its overlapping terraces above rocks, trees, and falling waters) and Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House (with its series of shells rising into the sky) illustrate the use of what modern technique?
Reinforced concrete
Which church features the so-called "Whispering Gallery," a gallery on the interior of the dome's drum which carries sound very, very well?
St. Paul's Cathedral
A German bomb failed to explode after it crashed through both roof and floor to settle in the crypt of which structure?
St. Paul's Cathedral of London
Baroque art (1600-1750) tends to be elaborate, monumental, or grand. Which of the following structures, as the second largest Christian church in Europe, represents this Baroque characteristic?
St. Paul's Cathedral of London
Which of the following structures features three domes in one: an interior dome of light brick, a middle conical dome of brick to support the lantern tower atop, and an exterior dome of lead covered timber?
St. Paul's Cathedral of London
An indicator of the Baroque style, this was the largest Christian church in the world for several centuries and is still the largest Christian church in Europe.
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy
Which of the following, built in India by Shah Jahan to serve as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, illustrates several common features of Islamic architecture including pishtaqs, minarets, and bulbous domes?
Taj Mahal
Which of the following, invented by Elisha Otis in 1853, encouraged the construction of taller buildings (modern skyscrapers)?
The safety elevator
To what does "acropolis" refer?
a high part of an ancient Greek city
Which of the following from Classical Greco-Roman architecture can be found in the Baroque church of St. Paul's Cathedral?
a large dome with colonnade surrounding the drum
Which of the following did the Romans construct in order to supply major urban centers, such as Nimes and Rome, with a vital natural resource?
aqueducts
What kind of vault may be described as an intersection of two tunnel or barrel vaults meeting at right angles and a vault that rests weight on four piers allowing space for windows or doors?
cross or groin
In ancient Greek architecture to what does "frieze" refer?
a band of sculpture around the top of the temple wall and/or around the top of the peristylon
The builder of St. Paul's Cathedral compromised his own classical tastes with which of the following English preferences?
gothic
Which of the following titles indicates a Muslim who has undertaken the pilgrimage to Mecca?
hajji
In his Ten Books on Architecture, the Roman Vitruvius describes which order as light, delicate, fanciful, elegant and feminine?
ionic
From what is the name "Parthenon" derived?
parthenon meaning "virgins"
Which of the following is not a theme of the Acropolis in Athens?
showing concern for the needy outcasts of Athenian society
Which of the following reduced the weight and mass of supports and, thereby, made way for modern skyscrapers, such as the Empire State Building?
steel framing
What is the primary message of Bernini's Piazza San Pietro?
the Roman Catholic Church is the door to heaven and welcomes all
To what does the Greek word polis refer?
the city and its surrounding area
Which of the following describes the Parthenon?
the crowning achievement of Athens' Acropolis in Greece
To what do the Greek word naos and the Latin cella refer?
the innermost, restricted area of a temple
To what do the Greek word pronaos and the Latin porticorefer?
the porch in front of a temple
What marked the climax of the Greater Panathenaic Festival?
the presentation of a new robe for Athena
To what do the Greek word peristylon and the Latin colonande refer?
the series of columns surrounding a temple
To what does "pediment" refer?
the triangular area in the roof of a temple
What kind of vault may be described as a series of arches placed one behind the other?
tunnel or barrel
A relief on the interior passageway of which construction depicts the menorah taken from the temple of Jerusalem?
Arch of Titus
Which of the following was the Greco-Roman deity of war and wisdom who sprang fully grown and armed from the head of Zeus?
Athena (Minerva)
Drawing from Roman and Gothic vaulting techniques, who among the following architects, to solve a major problem, created an internal domed vault to support an outer domed vault and pointed the vaulting in order to diminish lateral thrust?
Brunelleschi
Who among the following architects solved the problem of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence?
Brunelleschi
The capital of which order, popular among the Romans, consists of an elaborate design of acanthus leaves and fern-like vines?
Corinthian
In his Ten Books on Architecture, the Roman Vitruvius describes which order as strong, simple, grave, unadorned, and masculine?
Doric
The frieze of which order consists of alternating triglyphs and metopes?
Doric
Illustrating the heights to which modern architecture could reach, which of the following, built in 1931 and reaching a height of 1.454 feet, was the world's tallest building for forty years?
Empire State Building
Which of the following structures, demonstrating the classical Greek concern for visual perfection, was built to appear better, from a strict mathematical standpoint, than it actually is?
Parthenon
The capital of the column of this order consists of twin volutes?
Ionic
Which of the following is believed to have been rebuilt by Abraham and his son Ishmael to house a sacred black stone which, in turn, is believed to have come to earth as a gift of Allah during the days of Adam and Eve?
Kaaba
Consisting of some 18,000 pieces of metal riveted together and reaching a height of 1,050 feet, which structure was built, in part, to demonstrate what architects could do with the new materials (wrought iron in this case) of the Industrial Revolution?
La Tour Eiffel
Which of the following was built as France's center-piece for the 1889 World's Fair or Universal Exposition?
La Tour Eiffel
Which structure was to be dismantled after twenty years but was allowed to remain intact after it proved valuable for radio communications during World War I?
La Tour Eiffel
To whom, according to a passage in the Christian gospel of Matthew, did Jesus say the following words: "Thou art ... and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven"?
Peter
Which of the following refers to a Muslim place of worship?
Masjid
Who designed the dome for St. Peter's Basilica?
Michelangelo
what refers to a muslim place of worship
Muezzin
Why was Santa Maria del Fiore still unfinished in 1418, even though the nave or central portion of the church had been completed by 1380?
No one could figure out how to construct the dome.
A very well preserved and extremely influential Roman temple, which of the following, through its architecture, brings the heavens or gods down to earth and presents the watchful eye (oculus) of "all the gods"?
Pantheon
Which of the following is a very well preserved and extremely influential Roman temple that provides a marvelous example of a hemispherical vault?
Pantheon
Which of the following structures is more formally known as Santa Maria del Fiore?
The Cathedral of Florence
Which Muslim structure was built on the spot where Muhammad ascended into the heavens to speak with Allah?
The Dome of the Rock
Which structure involved the first structural deployment of cast iron in Western Europe?
The Iron Bridge
Who destroyed the Acropolis of Athens in 480 B.C.E.?
The Persians
St. Peter's Basilica is officially a part of which 108.5-acre nation?
The Vatican City State
Who among the following developed, not created, the arch and vault system of architecture?
The ancient Romans
