Architecture History Quiz

Question Excerpt From Architectural History 01 Q.1) | Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. | | |

A. | Alvar Aalto |

B. | Eero Saarinen |

C. | Walter Gropius |

D. | Le Corbusier |

Q.2) | What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style? | | |

A. | Renaissance |

B. | Eclecticism |

C. | Art Noveau |

D. | Baroque |

Q.3) | The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y. | | |

A. | Erich Mendelsohn |

B. | Welton Becket |

C. | Richard Josef Neutra |

D. | Van Alen |

Q.4) | Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement | | |

A. | Cavetto |

B. | Embrasures |

C. | Bartizan |

D. | Astylar |

Q.5) | In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works. | | |

A. | Amenemhat I |

B. | Imhotep |

C. | Senusret I |

D. | Zoser |

Q.6) | Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. | | |

A. | Amenemhat I |

B. | Imhotep |

C. | Senusret I |

D. | Zoser |

Q.7) | The world's first large-scale monument in stone. | | |

A. | Pyramid of Zoser |

B. | Pyramid of Khufu |

C. | Pyramid of Cheops |

D. | Pyramid of Chefren |

Q.8) | The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh | | |

A. | Pyramid of Zoser |

B. | Pyramid of Khufu |

C. | Pyramid of Cheops |

D. | Pyramid of Chefren |

Q.9) | Female statues with baskets serving as columns | | |

A. | Astylar |

B. | Bartizan |

C. | Crenel |

D. | Canephora |

Q.10) | A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle. | | |

A. | Bartizan |

B. | Pinnacle |

C. | Minaret |

D. | Embrasures |

Q.11) | A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture. | | |

A. | Cha-sit-su |

B. | Masu-gumi |

C. | Tokonoma |

D. | Torei |