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Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, 5e (Fazio)
Chapter 3 The Architecture of Ancient India and
Southeast Asia
1) Which of the following is true about the ancient architecture
in India and Southeast Asia?
1. A)
There were very few structures erected for religious purposes.
2. B)
Palaces were constructed of the most durable materials available.
3. C)
There were influences of oriental cultures.
4. D)
Houses were constructed of durable materials, such as stone and brick.
5. E)
Temples were the primary buildings erected in durable materials.
Answer: E
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2) The city of Mohenjo-Daro dates back to the:
1. A)
fourth century BCE.
2. B)
third century BCE.
3. C)
first century BCE.
4. D)
second century BCE.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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3) The linga and yoni consist of:
1. A) an
upright stone with a concentric circle base.
2. B)
concentric circles with trilithons.
3. C) an
upright stone and a sacrificial pit.
4. D) a
sacrificial pit and a trilithon.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: A
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4) Chaityas are:
1. A)
tree-like sculptures.
2. B)
monasteries.
3. C)
village memorials.
4. D)
mounds of earth.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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5) The Great Stupa at Sanchi includes a:
1. A)
torana.
2. B) chatra.
3. C)
harmica.
4. D)
verdica.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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6) The great cave temple at Karli:
1. A)
was carved out of living rock.
2. B)
contains a stupa at the end of an axis.
3. C)
includes a nave and side aisles.
4. D) is
entered through a vestibule with paired columns.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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7) The colossal Buddha at Bamiyan was:
1. A)
stolen by the Persians.
2. B)
destroyed by the Taliban.
3. C)
moved to higher ground when the Aswan dam was built.
4. D)
lost during the Nazi takeover in the 1930s.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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8) Most Hindu temple designs include forms that are symbolic of
the:
1. A) mandala.
2. B)
garbhagriha.
3. C)
bodhi tree.
4. D)
holy mountain.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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9) The Vishnu Temple at Bhitargaon is unusual for incorporating:
1. A)
corbeled construction.
2. B)
true-arch construction.
3. C)
post-and-beam construction.
4. D)
cyclopean stone construction.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: B
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10) Which of the following is true about the Lingaraja Temple at
Bhubaneshwar?
1. A)
The plan of the temple is an elaboration of the two-celled form.
2. B)
The plan of the temple is similar to that of Buddhist shrines.
3. C) It
is raised on a rectangular platform anchored by four small shrines at the
corners.
4. D)
Its domed top is cut from a single piece of granite in a form that resembles a
Buddhist stupa.
5. E) It
is one of the largest religious structures ever built.
Answer: A
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11) In Southern India, Hindu temples featured:
1. A)
walls with engaged columns or pilasters.
2. B) roofs
with rounded finials.
3. C)
massive gateway entrances.
4. D)
multi-columned halls.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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12) Typical of carved human figures at the Kandariya Mahadeva
Temple in Khajuraho is:
1. A) an
emphatic frontality.
2. B)
the use of chiaroscuro.
3. C)
the use of contrapposto.
4. D) a
swaying S-shaped posture.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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13) The DharmarajaRatha, Bhima Ratha, and Arjuna Ratha at
Mahabalipuram are:
1. A)
significantly influenced by the architecture of Buddhist shrines.
2. B)
assembled from basalt blocks.
3. C)
carved into the side of a mountain.
4. D)
surrounded by concentric galleries and built on a pyramid base.
5. E)
monolithic temples and cut from granite outcroppings.
Answer: E
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14) A ratha is a:
1. A)
type of mandala.
2. B)
wheeled cart or chariot.
3. C)
stone roof made to resemble thatch.
4. D)
type of barrel vault.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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15) The Brihadeshvara Temple complex at Tanjore includes:
1. A) a
great hall.
2. B) an
entrance gateway, or gopura.
3. C) a
main shrine, or garbhagriha.
4. D) a
shrine of Chandeshvara.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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16) The architecture of Angkor Wat is a fusion of:
1. A)
Indian and Vietnamese traditions.
2. B)
Indian religion and Khmer traditions.
3. C)
Vietnamese and Khmer traditions.
4. D)
Indian and Malaysian traditions.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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17) The Vedas contain:
1. A)
the ten commandments of Hinduism.
2. B)
hymns and prescriptions for rituals.
3. C)
instructions for building a stupa.
4. D)
instructions for laying out a Hindu city.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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18) The origins of the stupa can be traced to:
1. A)
symbolism of male and female geni
2. B)
Alexander the Great.
3. C)
the desire to reach nirvana.
4. D) a
simple mound of rubble and earth that was erected over relics.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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19) The practice of circumambulation involved walking:
1. A) to
a ring of pilgrimage sites.
2. B)
around the bodhi tree.
3. C) in
circles of ever-diminishing sizes.
4. D)
around the village altar.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: E
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20) The bodhi tree is given significance in the Buddhist
religion because:
1. A)
its wood is used to build altars.
2. B)
Buddha achieved enlightenment sitting under it.
3. C)
Buddha used its branches to build his first altar.
4. D)
Buddha was buried under one.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: B
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21) Viharas were small Buddhist:
1. A)
temples.
2. B)
monasteries.
3. C)
schools.
4. D)
cemeteries.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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22) The fence around a stupa is called a:
1. A) nirvana.
2. B)
chaitya.
3. C)
verdica.
4. D)
veronica.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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23) The Hindu temple:
1. A) is
organized around the garbhagriha.
2. B) is
aligned on the cardinal points, representing the four corners of the earth.
3. C)
symbolizes the sacred mountain.
4. D)
includes a central vertical axis.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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24) Sculpted images at Hindu temples depicting sexual
intercourse:
1. A) represent
Tantric practices.
2. B)
are vestiges of paganism.
3. C)
symbolize the union of the human and the divine.
4. D)
were forbidden by the tenth century.
5. E)
represent Tantric practices and symbolize the union of the human and the
divine.
Answer: E
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25) Which of the following is true about most Hindu temples?
1. A)
They have a major entrance that faces north.
2. B)
They include forms that are symbolic of the sacred cave and the cosmic axis.
3. C)
They have a large enclosed space for congregational worship.
4. D)
They are encircled by a two-tiered ambulatory.
5. E)
They have a bent-axis entry design that creates a swastika.
Answer: B
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26) Compare the design and organization of the Brihadeshvara Temple
at Tanjore to that of the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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27) Discuss the influence of Buddhist traditions on the
architecture of early Hindu temples.
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28) Discuss the parts and organization of the stupa in Buddhist
shrines, and explain how it was used for Buddhist religious practices.
Answer: Answer may vary.
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Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, 5e (Fazio)
Chapter 5 The Roman World
1) The main north-south and the east-west streets in a Roman
castra are called the:
1. A)
cardo and the decumanus, respectively.
2. B)
foro and the saturnalia, respectively.
3. C)
etrusco and the romanus, respectively.
4. D)
caesaro and the imperius, respectively.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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2) An atrium is:
1. A) an
inner court.
2. B) a
type of mosaic floor.
3. C) a
dining room.
4. D) the
Roman equivalent of the Greek cella.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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3) Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, commonly known as Vitruvius, wrote:
1. A) a
biography of Julius Caesar.
2. B) a
history of ancient Rome.
3. C) TheTenBooksofArchitecture.
4. D) TheArchitectureoftheRomanRepublic.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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4) The upper portion of the Sanctuary of Fortuna at Palestrina
was strongly influenced by:
1. A)
Roman Imperial work.
2. B)
Etruscan work.
3. C)
Egyptian work.
4. D)
Hellenistic Greek practices.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: D
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5) All of the following are Roman masonry construction
techniques EXCEPT:
1. A)
opus incertum.
2. B)
opus reticulatum.
3. C)
opus testaceum.
4. D)
opus quadratum.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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6) The Romans developed an expedient building method by using a
new material, hydraulic cement, derived from volcanic deposits first discovered
around Puteoli and named:
1. A)
portlana.
2. B)
pozzolana.
3. C)
cementia.
4. D)
vesuviana.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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7) The Temple of Diana in Nîmes is a fine example of:
1. A)
barrel-vaulted masonry construction.
2. B) a
groin-vaulted space with clerestory lighting and flying buttresses.
3. C)
the atrium-peristyle house that has been dated to the mid-second century BCE.
4. D)
the dome-on-drum design.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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8) The ________ in Pompeii where public assemblies for legal,
commercial, and social purposes were held functioned much as did the stoa in
the Athenian Agora.
1. A)
castra
2. B)
Pantheon
3. C) Eumachia
building
4. D)
basilica
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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9) The city of Pompeii included:
1. A) a
forum.
2. B)
open-air theaters.
3. C) an
amphitheater.
4. D) a
palaestra.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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10) The plan of Timgad, Algeria, was originally:
1. A)
laid out by the Greeks.
2. B) a
gridded layout.
3. C) a
plan similar to that of Pompeii.
4. D) a
linear plan.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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11) An amphitheater is:
1. A) a
circular or oval theater.
2. B) a
semicircular, open-air theater.
3. C) a
large, square theater.
4. D) a
theater with good acoustic properties.
5. E) a
semicircular, enclosed theater.
Answer: A
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12) The largest of the Roman fora was that of:
1. A)
Augustus.
2. B)
Nerva.
3. C)
Trajan.
4. D)
Nero.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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13) The Markets of Trajan were:
1. A)
carved out of the Quirinale hillside.
2. B)
surrounded by tiered buildings.
3. C)
organized around a semicircle.
4. D) a
series of shops.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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14) Trajan’s markets in ancient Rome:
1. A)
were set in a single-story circle.
2. B)
contained a groin-vaulted market hall.
3. C)
were built of marble and elaborate ornaments.
4. D)
contained a suite of official rooms with a grand audience hall.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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15) The Pantheon in ancient Rome is covered by a:
1. A)
coffered dome.
2. B)
coffered groin vault.
3. C)
wood truss with false coffering.
4. D)
series of coffered barrel vaults.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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16) The Pantheon in ancient Rome was constructed during the
reign of the emperor:
1. A)
Nero.
2. B)
Hadrian.
3. C)
Augustus.
4. D)
Caracalla.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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17) In the context of the Roman architecture, an oculus is:
1. A) an
eye-shaped window.
2. B) an
opening atop a dome.
3. C) a
type of masonry vault.
4. D) a
space beneath a dome.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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18) Roman baths in ancient Rome included a:
1. A)
frigidarium.
2. B)
natatio.
3. C)
caldarium.
4. D)
tepidarium.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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19) The Colosseum in ancient Rome had:
1. A)
stacked half-columns in the Roman Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders.
2. B) a
structure similar to that of the great Forum of Trajan.
3. C)
exterior walls covered with red bricks.
4. D) a
circular structure surrounded by rising ground that was used for seating.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: A
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20) The oldest known Roman basilica in Pompeii was used:
1. A)
for meetings of the Senate.
2. B)
for displaying statues of gods.
3. C) as
Imperial banqueting halls.
4. D)
for commercial activity.
5. E) as
a gathering place for social and commercial functions.
Answer: E
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21) The House of the Surgeon, the most ancient dwelling found in
Pompeii, had:
1. A) an
atrium.
2. B)
frontage shops.
3. C) a
triclinium.
4. D) a
tablinum.
5. E)
All of the answers are correct.
Answer: E
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22) Wall paintings in a room in the Villa of the Mysteries at
Pompeii relate to the:
1. A)
history of Rome.
2. B)
eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
3. C) mystery
cult of Bacchus.
4. D)
practice of Early Christianity.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: C
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23) The Palace of Domitian in Rome is located on the:
1. A)
Esquiline Hill.
2. B)
Palatine Hill.
3. C)
Quirinale Hill.
4. D)
Domitine Hill.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
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24) The plan of Hadrian’s Villa outside Tivoli had:
1. A) a
central open space or atrium that admitted fresh air and light.
2. B)
small rooms around the atrium.
3. C) a
suite of official rooms arranged along cross-axes.
4. D)
horizontal passageways, ramps, and stairs.
5. E)
unprecedented forms and compositions around water features.
Answer: E
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25) An insula refers to an ancient Roman:
1. A)
island palace.
2. B)
reception room.
3. C)
swimming pool.
4. D)
apartment block.
5. E)
None of the answers is correct.
Answer: D
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26) Discuss Etruscan contributions to Roman architecture.
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27) Discuss city planning practices in ancient Rome.
Answer: Answer may vary.
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28) Citing specific examples, discuss the Roman use of brick and
concrete in building arches, vaults, and domes.
Answer: Answer may vary.
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29) Discuss the features of Roman housing in Pompeii.
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