Test Bank for Buildings Across Time, 6th Edition by Michael Fazio

Chap 01 6e - Fazio
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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 these answers is correct.

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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.

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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 these answers is correct.

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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.

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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.

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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 these answers is correct.

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,7) Serdabs were small above-ground chambers to receive offerings and were located inside the
earliest tombs called
A) mastabas.
B) pyramids.
C) ziggurats.
D) acropolis.
E) hypostyle halls.

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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 these answers is correct.

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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.

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, 10) Which of the following statements is true about the construction of the pyramids in Egypt?
A) The pyramid construction was most likely suspended during the flood season to avoid
structural damage because of water.
B) Ancient Egyptians had developed a standardized method of construction of the
pyramids.
C) Overwhelming evidence shows that ancient Egyptians used a complex system of
pulleys and gears to lift stones.
D) Egyptians used wheeled carts pulled by horses to transport limestone, which was
quarried at distant locations.
E) Quarrying was accomplished with metal saws for the softer limestones or sandstones.

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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.

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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) All of the answers are correct.
E) a causeway to the mortuary temple.

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