,Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, 5e (Fazio)
Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Architecture
1) The orientation of the passageway at Newgrange seems to have been based on:
A) ancient pathways.
B) the direction of sunlight on the winter solstice.
C) an understanding of true north.
D) the relationship of the site to Stonehenge.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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2) The principal building material for Mesopotamian ziggurats was:
A) white marble.
B) sun-dried brick.
C) tamped earth.
D) sandstone.
E) granite.
Answer: B
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3) A trilithon at Stonehenge consists of:
A) three coffin-sized stone slabs used as an altar.
B) a vertical sighting stone and two horizontal stones.
C) two upright stones capped by a lintel.
D) three concentric rings of ditches.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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4) The most common Mesopotamian house type:
A) made use of a cella.
B) was built from glazed brick.
C) was based on a Persian house.
D) had a courtyard at its core.
E) made use of a cella and was built from glazed brick.
Answer: D
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,5) All of the following civilizations operated in Mesopotamia EXCEPT the:
A) Sumerian civilization.
B) Achaean civilization.
C) Babylonian civilization.
D) Hittite civilization.
E) Assyrian civilization.
Answer: B
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6) At Persepolis, the Persians borrowed from Egyptian artistic traditions by using:
A) an obelisk.
B) a hypostyle hall.
C) a megaron.
D) a trilithon.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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7) Serdabs were small chambers for spirit offerings in:
A) mastabas.
B) pyramids.
C) the Sphinx.
D) Persia.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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8) The designer of the first pyramid for Djoser's funerary complex was:
A) Djoser.
B) Alexander the Great.
C) Senmut.
D) Imhotep.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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, 9) Ancient Egyptian architecture is characterized by the use of obelisks, which refer to:
A) unique double-headed capitals carved in the form of bulls and lions.
B) stone columns that support wooden roof beams.
C) sculpted animal motifs.
D) small terracotta cones.
E) pyramid shapes at the top of stone shafts.
Answer: E
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10) The Djoser pyramid was unique in the Old Kingdom in that it was:
A) extremely steeply pitched.
B) covered with glazed brick.
C) located on an island.
D) double-sloped.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: E
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11) The trio of large pyramids at Giza are the work of:
A) Mentuhotep, Khufu, and Khafra.
B) Cheops, Chepren, and Hatshepsut.
C) Cheops, Chepren, and Djoser.
D) Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
E) Mentuhotep, Hatshepsut, and Djoser.
Answer: D
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12) The pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt, included:
A) a valley temple.
B) a causeway to the valley temple.
C) a mortuary temple.
D) a causeway to the mortuary temple.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Architecture
1) The orientation of the passageway at Newgrange seems to have been based on:
A) ancient pathways.
B) the direction of sunlight on the winter solstice.
C) an understanding of true north.
D) the relationship of the site to Stonehenge.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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2) The principal building material for Mesopotamian ziggurats was:
A) white marble.
B) sun-dried brick.
C) tamped earth.
D) sandstone.
E) granite.
Answer: B
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3) A trilithon at Stonehenge consists of:
A) three coffin-sized stone slabs used as an altar.
B) a vertical sighting stone and two horizontal stones.
C) two upright stones capped by a lintel.
D) three concentric rings of ditches.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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4) The most common Mesopotamian house type:
A) made use of a cella.
B) was built from glazed brick.
C) was based on a Persian house.
D) had a courtyard at its core.
E) made use of a cella and was built from glazed brick.
Answer: D
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,5) All of the following civilizations operated in Mesopotamia EXCEPT the:
A) Sumerian civilization.
B) Achaean civilization.
C) Babylonian civilization.
D) Hittite civilization.
E) Assyrian civilization.
Answer: B
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6) At Persepolis, the Persians borrowed from Egyptian artistic traditions by using:
A) an obelisk.
B) a hypostyle hall.
C) a megaron.
D) a trilithon.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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7) Serdabs were small chambers for spirit offerings in:
A) mastabas.
B) pyramids.
C) the Sphinx.
D) Persia.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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8) The designer of the first pyramid for Djoser's funerary complex was:
A) Djoser.
B) Alexander the Great.
C) Senmut.
D) Imhotep.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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, 9) Ancient Egyptian architecture is characterized by the use of obelisks, which refer to:
A) unique double-headed capitals carved in the form of bulls and lions.
B) stone columns that support wooden roof beams.
C) sculpted animal motifs.
D) small terracotta cones.
E) pyramid shapes at the top of stone shafts.
Answer: E
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10) The Djoser pyramid was unique in the Old Kingdom in that it was:
A) extremely steeply pitched.
B) covered with glazed brick.
C) located on an island.
D) double-sloped.
E) None of the answers is correct.
Answer: E
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11) The trio of large pyramids at Giza are the work of:
A) Mentuhotep, Khufu, and Khafra.
B) Cheops, Chepren, and Hatshepsut.
C) Cheops, Chepren, and Djoser.
D) Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
E) Mentuhotep, Hatshepsut, and Djoser.
Answer: D
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12) The pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt, included:
A) a valley temple.
B) a causeway to the valley temple.
C) a mortuary temple.
D) a causeway to the mortuary temple.
E) All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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