TEST BANK FOR BUILDINGS ACROSS TIME 4Th EDITION By MICHAEL FAZIO COMPLETE GUIDE

Buildings Across Time Chapter 3 Multiple Choice 1. The Indus Valley is located in modern-day a. Iraq b. Pakistan c. Indus d. Afghanistan e. b and d answer: e 2. The city of Mohenjo-Daro dates back to the a. 4th century BCE b. 3rd century BCE c. 1st century BCE d. 2nd century BCE e. none of these answer: b 3. The linga and yoni consist of a. an upright stone with a concentric circle base b. concentric circles with trilithons c. an upright stone and a sacrificial pit d. a sacrificial pit and a trilithon e. all of these answer: a 4. Chaityas are a. tree-like sculptures b. monasteries c. village memorials d. mounds of earth e. none of these answer: c 5. The Great Stupa at Sanchi includes a a. torana b. chatra c. harmica d. verdica e. all of these answer: e 6. The temple at Karli a. was carved out of live rock b. contains a stupa at the end of an axis c. includes a nave and side aisles d. is entered through a vestibule with paired columns e. all of these are true answer: e 7. The colossal Buddha at Bamiyan was a. stolen by the Persians b. destroyed by the Taliban c. moved to higher ground when the Aswan dam was built d. lost during the Nazi takeover in the 1930s e. none of these answer: b 8. Hindu temples include forms that are symbolic of the a. mandala b. garbhagriha c. bodhi tree d. holy mountain e. none of these answer: d 9. The Vishu Temple at Bhitargaon is unusual in having a. corbeled construction b. true-arch construction c. post-and-beam construction d. cyclopean stone construction e. all of these answer: b 10. The Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneshwar is organized by means of a. a central axis b. concentric circles c. stepped terraces d. a cluster of courtyards e. b and c answer: a 11. In Southern India, Hindu temples featured a. walls with engaged columns or pilasters b. roofs with rounded finials c. massive gateway entrances d. multi-columned halls e. all of these answer: e 12. Typical of carved human figures at the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Khajuraho is a. an emphatic frontality b. a use of chiaruscuro c. a use of contraposto d. a swaying S-shaped posture e. none of these answer: d 13. The Dharmaraja Ratha, Bhima Ratha, and Arjuna Ratha at Mahabalipuram are a. monolithic temples b. assembled from basalt blocks c. carved into the side of a mountain d. cut from a granite outcropping e. a and d answer: e 14. A ratha is a a. type of mandala b. wheeled cart or chariot c. stone roof made to resemble thatch d. type of barrel vault e. none of these answer: b 15. The Brihadeshvara Temple complex at Tanjore includes a. a great hall b. an entrance gateway or gopura c. a main shrine or garbhagriha d. a shrine of Chandeshvara e. all of these answer: e 16. The architecture of Angkor Wat is a fusion of a. Indian and Vietnamese traditions b. Indian and Khmer traditions c. Vietnamese and Khmer traditions d. Indian and Malaysian traditions e. none of these answer: b 17. The Vedas contain a. the ten commandments of Hinduism b. hymns and prescriptions for rituals c. instructions for building a stupa d. instructions for laying out a Hindu city e. none of these answer: b 18. The origins of the stupa can be traced to a. symbolism of male and female gentalia b. Alexander the Great c. the desire to reach nirvana d. stones piled atop a burial site e. none of these answer: d 19. The practice of circumambulation involved walking a. to a ring of pilgrimage sites b. around the bodi tree c. in circles of ever-diminishing sizes d. around the village altar e. none of these answer: e 20. The bodhi tree is given significance in the Buddhist religion because a. its wood is used to build altars b. Buddha achieved enlightenment sitting under it c. Buddha used its branches to build his first altar d. Buddha was buried under one e. all of these are true answer: b 21. Viharas were small Buddhist a. temples b. monasteries c. schools d. cemeteries e. none of these answer: b 22. The fence around a stupa is called a a. nirvana b. chaitya c. verdica d. veronica e. none of these answer: c 23. The Hindu temple a. is organized around the garbhagriha b. is oriented to the four cardinal directions c. represents the sacred mountain d. includes a central vertical axis e. all of these answer: e 24. Sculpted images at Hindu temples depicting sexual intercourse a. represent Tantric practices b. are vestiges of paganism c. symbolize the union of the human and the devine d. were forbidden by the 10th century e. a and c answer: e 25. The concept of nirvana involves a. the worship of a ruler as a god-man b. liberation from the eternal cycle of birth and rebirth c. the use of music to enter a trance-like state d. the Indian caste system e. none of these answer: b Discussion Questions 1. Compare the plan organization of the Brihadeshvara Temple at Tanjore to that of Angkor Wat. 2. Discuss the use of wall and roof articulation in Hindu temples. 3. Discuss the parts and organization of the stupa and explain how it was used for Buddhist religious practices.