ARCH 1110 Midterm – Bernhard 2026 – Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Greek structure - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Trabeated structures
2. Load bearing masonry
Trabeated structure - correct answer ✔✔ Upright *posts* supporting horizontal *beams* that
span the space between them
Load bearing masonry - correct answer ✔✔ Masonry *stacked* in thick walls/columns &
supporting the weight of the floor/roof above it
*Stacked masonry*: stone/brick
Greek orders - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Doric
2. Ionic
3. Corinthian
Ionic - correct answer ✔✔ Female
Volutes/scrolling at top
Doric - correct answer ✔✔ Male
Square top
Corinthian - correct answer ✔✔ Female
,Flowering at top
Caryatid entasis - correct answer ✔✔ Female figures used as columns
Erechtheum
Optical correction - correct answer ✔✔ Temple base actually slightly rounded in order for the
eye to see it as perfect
Golden section - correct answer ✔✔ Proportioning system divisible into squares & yet more
golden sections
Parthenon
Greek temple type - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Peristyle
2. Cella
3. Pediment
4. Entablature
Peristyle - correct answer ✔✔ Ring of columns surrounding greek temple
Cella - correct answer ✔✔ Space enclosed by walls & surrounded by peristyle
Inner chamber where statue of god/goddess is housed
Pediment - correct answer ✔✔ Triangular area above columns on front & back
, Entablature - correct answer ✔✔ Area between pediment & columns
Above columns but below roof
Greek urbanism - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Acropolis
2. Sacred way
3. Agora
4. Stoa
Acropolis - correct answer ✔✔ *High city*
Grouping of important public & defense buildings arranged so that the lengths appeared equal
when viewed from below
Athens
Sacred way - correct answer ✔✔ *Main pathway* from city's entrance to acropolis
Path taken through agora
Agora - correct answer ✔✔ *Open meeting place or market place in Greek city*
Below acropolis
Stoa - correct answer ✔✔ Long, thin building w/ row of columns in front & series of small
rooms behind columns
Questions
Greek structure - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Trabeated structures
2. Load bearing masonry
Trabeated structure - correct answer ✔✔ Upright *posts* supporting horizontal *beams* that
span the space between them
Load bearing masonry - correct answer ✔✔ Masonry *stacked* in thick walls/columns &
supporting the weight of the floor/roof above it
*Stacked masonry*: stone/brick
Greek orders - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Doric
2. Ionic
3. Corinthian
Ionic - correct answer ✔✔ Female
Volutes/scrolling at top
Doric - correct answer ✔✔ Male
Square top
Corinthian - correct answer ✔✔ Female
,Flowering at top
Caryatid entasis - correct answer ✔✔ Female figures used as columns
Erechtheum
Optical correction - correct answer ✔✔ Temple base actually slightly rounded in order for the
eye to see it as perfect
Golden section - correct answer ✔✔ Proportioning system divisible into squares & yet more
golden sections
Parthenon
Greek temple type - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Peristyle
2. Cella
3. Pediment
4. Entablature
Peristyle - correct answer ✔✔ Ring of columns surrounding greek temple
Cella - correct answer ✔✔ Space enclosed by walls & surrounded by peristyle
Inner chamber where statue of god/goddess is housed
Pediment - correct answer ✔✔ Triangular area above columns on front & back
, Entablature - correct answer ✔✔ Area between pediment & columns
Above columns but below roof
Greek urbanism - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Acropolis
2. Sacred way
3. Agora
4. Stoa
Acropolis - correct answer ✔✔ *High city*
Grouping of important public & defense buildings arranged so that the lengths appeared equal
when viewed from below
Athens
Sacred way - correct answer ✔✔ *Main pathway* from city's entrance to acropolis
Path taken through agora
Agora - correct answer ✔✔ *Open meeting place or market place in Greek city*
Below acropolis
Stoa - correct answer ✔✔ Long, thin building w/ row of columns in front & series of small
rooms behind columns
