JPT History of Architecture 2nd day Questionnaires :
1. The sacred enclosure found in the highest part of Greek city is known as
a. Terminus
b. Pteroma
c. Citadel
d. Propylaea
c. Citadel
2. In the Greek theater, the area for the spectators is known as
a. Paraskenia
b. Skene
c. Orchestra
d. Cavea
d. Cavea
3. Greek Temples stood on a foundation of three steps called Crepidoma the upper part
of the steps is known as
a. Base
b. Podium
c. Stylobate
d. Stereobate
c. Stylobate
4. Vertical & Horizontal features such as columns & beams in Greek temples were treated
with entasis to:
a. Enfilade the surface
b. Give aesthetic value
c. correct optical illusion
d. for Elevation
c. correct optical illusion
5. The Etruscans originated in houses called the
a. Thalamus
b. Villa
c. Domus
d. Atrium
c. Domus
6. The palatial public bath generally raised on high platform w/in an enclosing wall is the
a. Thermae
b. Gymnasium
c. Laconicum
d. Triclinium
a. Thermae
7. Amphitheaters like Colloseum are used in
a. Horse Racing b. Gladiatorial combats
c. Marathon
d. Chariot Racing .
b. Gladiatorial combats
8. That which corresponds to the Greek Agora is the Roman
a. Place
b. Forum c. Plaza
d. Market
b. Forum
9. The Architect of Trajan’s Basilica , Rome is
a. Mnesicles b. Emperor Calisula c. Apollodorus of Damascus
d. Callicrates
c. Apollodorus of Damascus
10. The entrance passage in the domus is
a. Atrium
b. Prothyrum
c. Faucets
d. Peristyle
b. Prothyrum
11. The second largest Greek temple is
a. Parthenon
b. Erechtheion
c. Temple of Zeus
d. Temple of Nike Apteros
c. Temple of Zeus
12. It is the prototype of the Roman thermae
a. Peribolus
b. Skene
c. Ephebeum d. Gymnasium
d. Gymnasium
13. A Greek building that contains painted pictures is called
a. Xyst
b. Glyptotheca
c. Pinacothecad. Zotheca
c. Pinacotheca
14. The egg & dart or egg & tongue is the usual ornament found in the
a. Astragal
b. Fillet
c. Ovolo
d. Scotia
c. Ovolo
15. Consoles on either side of a doorway supporting a cornice is
a. Antefixae
b. Laconaria
c. Ancones
d. Beam
c. Ancones