4 Greek Long Quiz (Reviewer ALE June 2021)

2/16/2021 4 Greek long quiz (reviewer ALE June 2021)
4 Greek long quiz (reviewer ALE June 2021)

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Points: 44/59
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1
What was the preferred building material in ancient Greece for large public buildings such as
temples, stadia, and theaters? *
(0/1 Point)
Sun-dried Mud-Brick
Burnt Brick
Marble and Limestone 
Granite and Burnt Brick
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Granite ony
Greece and its many islands are located… *

(2/2 Points)
in the Mediterranean Sea 
in the Black Sea
in the North Atlantic Ocean
in the Baltic Sea
The central throne room in Minoan and Mycenaean palaces was called… *
(1/1 Point)
Megadome
Megadrome
Metaron
Megaron 
Megatron
The Minoan civilization flourished on the island of … *

(1/1 Point)
Rhodos
Crete 
Cyprus
Athens
None of the above islands. It was located on the Greek mainland
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5
Which wall type is an ancient Greek construction technique? *

(0/1 Point)
Cyclopean masonry 
Polygonal masonry
Rectangular masonry
Mortise and Tenon
All of the above
What is the name of the domed circular chamber of royal Mycenaean tombs? *
(1/1 Point)
Dromos
Naos
Phylon
Tholos 
None of the above
What is the name of the long and deep passageway leading towards the circular chamber of
royal Mycenaean tombs? *
(1/1 Point)
Dromos 
Naos
Phylon
Tholos
None of the above
The citadel of Mycenae is famous for its main gate, known as the… *
(1/1 Point)
Gate of Bulls
Gate of Lions 
Gate of the Minotaur
Gate of King Minos
Gate of Phoenix
Characterized by a fluted column having no base, a plain cushion-shaped capital supporting a

square abacus, and an entablature consisting of a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and
metopes, and a cornice, the corona of which has mutules on its soffit. *
(1/1 Point)
Corinthian order
Doric order 
Ionic order
Tuscan order
Composite order
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10
A classical order of Roman origin, characterized by an unfluted column and a plain base,
capital, and entablature having no decoration other than the moldings. *
(0/1 Point)
Corinthian order
Doric order
Ionic order
Tuscan order 
Composite order
11
Characterized esp. by the spiral volutes of its capital. The fluted columns typically had molded
bases and supported entablature consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly
ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings. *
(1/1 Point)
Corinthian order
Doric order
Ionic order 
Tuscan order
Composite order
12
Does Corinthian has a taenia and trygliph? *

(1/1 Point)
true
false 
13
Developed by the Greeks in the 4th century B.C. but used more extensively in Roman
architecture, similar in most respects to the Ionic but usually od slenderer proportions and
characterized esp. by a deep-bell shaped capital decorated with acanthus leaves and an
abacus with concave sides. *
(1/1 Point)
Corinthian order 
Doric order
Ionic order
Tuscan order
Composite order
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14
One of a series of small, droplike ornaments, attached to the undersides of the mutules and
regulae of a Doric entablature. *
Soffit
Gutta 
Mutule
Triglyph
Zophorus
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15
A frieze bearing carved figures of people or animals. *

(0/1 Point)
Soffit
Gutta
Mutule
Triglyph
Zophorus 
16
One of the vertical blocks separating the metopes in a Doric frieze, typically having two vertical
grooves or glyphs on its face, and two chamfers or hemiglyphs at the sides. *
(1/1 Point)
Soffit
Gutta
Mutule
Triglyph 
Zophorus
17
A raised band or fillet separating the frieze from the architrave on a Doric entablature. *
(1/1 Point)
Metope
Taenia 
Regula
Abacus
Echinus
18
The flat slab forming the top of a column capital, plain in the Doric style, but molded or
otherwise enriched in other styles. *
(1/1 Point)
Metope
Taenia
Regula
Abacus 
Echinus
19
Any of the panels, either plain or decorated, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze. *
(1/1 Point)
Metope 
Taenia
Regula
Abacus
Echinus
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20
A fillet beneath the taenia in a Doric entablature, corresponding to a triglyph above and from
which guttae are suspended. Also called guttae band. *
(0/1 Point)
Metope
Taenia
Regula 
Abacus
Echinus
21
The prominent circular molding supporting the abacus of a Doric or Tuscan capital. *
(1/1 Point)
Metope
Taenia
Regula
Abacus
Echinus 
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22
That part of the necking between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a classical column. *
(0/1 Point)
Necking
Annulet
Fluting
Flute
Trachelium 
23
The upper part of a column, just above the shaft and below the projecting part of the capital,
when differentiated by a molding. Groove, or the omission of fluting. *
(1/1 Point)
Necking 
Annulet
Fluting
Flute
Trachelium
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24
A decorative motif consisting of a series of long, rounded, parallel grooves, as on the shaft of a
classical column. *
Necking
Annulet
Fluting 
Flute
Trachelium
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25
A rounded channel or groove. *

(0/1 Point)
Necking
Annulet
Fluting
Flute 
Trachelium
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26
an encircling band, molding, or fillet, on a capital or shaft of a column. *

(0/1 Point)
Necking
Annulet 
Fluting
Flute
Trachelium
27
a slight convexity given to a column to correct an optical illusion g concavity of the sides were
straight. *
(1/1 Point)
Hypotrachelium
Entasis 
Drum
Egg and Dart
Dentil
28
any member between the capital and the shaft of a classical column. *
(1/1 Point)
Hypotrachelium 
Entasis
Drum
Egg and Dart
Dentil
29
any of several cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier. *
(1/1 Point)
Flute
Fluting
Drum 
Necking
Entasis
30
an ornamental motif for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating
series of oval and pointed forms. Also called egg and tongue. *
(1/1 Point)
Abacus
Necking
Metope
Egg and Dart 
Dentil
31
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular block forming a molding or projecting
beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices. *
(1/1 Point)
Hypotrachelium
Necking
Abacus
Egg and Dart
Dentil 
32
one of the three horizontal bands making up the architrave in the Ionic order. *
(1/1 Point)
Fascia 
Cathetus
Echinus
Fillet
Egg and Dart
33
a narrow part of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes. *
Bed mould
Cathetus
Echinus
Fillet 
Apophyge
34
The circular molding under the cushion of an Ionic capital between the volutes, usually carved
with an egg-and-dart pattern. *
(0/1 Point)
Necking
Abacus
Echinus 
Astragal
Egg-and-dart
35
the vertical guideline through the eye of a volute in an Ionic capital, from which the spiral form
is determined. *
(1/1 Point)
Volute
Cathetus 
Fillet
Flute
Fluting
36
a small, concave curve joining the shaft of a classical column to its base. *
(1/1 Point)
Fillet
Fluting
Flute
Drum
Apophyge 
37
an ornament, as on the Corinthian capital, patterned after the large, toothed leaves of a
Mediterranean plant of the same name. *
(1/1 Point)
Agg-and-dart
Scotia
Torus
Bell
Acanthus 
38
a deep concave molding between two fillets. *

(1/1 Point)
Apophyge
Scotia 
Torus
Upper Torus
Lower Torus
39
the underlying part of a foliated capital, between the abacus and the neck molding. *
(1/1 Point)
Attic base
Scotia
Torus
Bell 
Acanthus
40
a base to a classical column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia
between two fillets. *
Attic base 
Scotia
Torus
Apophyge
Fillet
41
a large convex, semicircular molding, commonly found directly above the plinth of the base of
a classical column. *
(1/1 Point)
Attic base
Scotia
Torus 
Apophyge
Fillet
42
any of the ornamental stalks rising between the acanthus leaves of a Corinthian capital, from
which the volutes spring. *
(1/1 Point)
Echinus
Helix
Cauliculus 
Astragal
Acanthus leaf
43
the projecting, slablike member of a classical cornice, supported by the bed molding and
crowned by the cymatium. *
(0/1 Point)
Modillon
Bed mould
Taenia
Cymantium
Corona 
44
an ornamental bracket, usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus, used in series beneath the
corona of a Corinthian, Composite, or Roman Ionic cornice. *
(1/1 Point)
Modillon 
Dentil
Cauliculus
Cymantium
Volute
45
a spiral ornament, as any of the volutes issuing from the cauliculus in a Corinthian capital. *
(1/1 Point)
Echinus
Helix 
Cauliculus
Astragal
Acanthus leaf
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46
the crowning member of a classical cornice. *

(0/1 Point)
Modillon
Taenia
Bed mould
Cymathium 
Corona
47
the molding or group of moldings immediately beneath the corona of a cornice. *

(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding 
Cornice
Frieze
Architrave
Intercolumnation
48
the lowermost division of a classical entablature, resting directly on the column capitals and
supporting the frieze. *
(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding
Cornice
Frieze
Architrave 
Columnation
49
the use or arrangement of columns in a structure. *

(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding
Cornice
Frieze
Architrave
Columnation 
50
the space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of
the shaft, measured on diameters. *
(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding
Cornice
Frieze
Intercolumnation 
Columnation
51
the horizontal part of a classical entablature between the cornice and the architrave, often
decorated with sculpture and low relief. *
(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding
Cornice
Frieze 
Architrave
Columnation
52
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting typically of a cymantium, corona,

and bed molding. *
(1/1 Point)
Bed Molding
Cornice 
Frieze
Architrave
Columnation
53
The lowermost portion of a wall, column, pier, or other structure distinctively treated and
considered as an architectural unit. *
(0/1 Point)
Capital
Shaft
Base 
Dado
Plinth
54
the distinctively treated upper end of a column, pillar, or pier, crowning the shaft and taking
the weight of the entablature or architrave. *
(1/1 Point)
Capital 
Shaft
Base
Dado
Plinth
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55
the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap. *
(0/1 Point)
Capital
Shaft
Base
Dado 
Plinth

56
the usually square slab beneath the base of a column, pier or pedestal. *
(0/1 Point)
Capital
Shaft
Base
Dado
Plinth 
57
the central part of a column or pier between the capital and the base. *
(1/1 Point)
Capital
Shaft 
Base
Dado
Plinth
58
a construction upon which a column, statue, memorial shaft, or the like, is elevated, usually
consisting of a cornice or cap, a dado, and a base. *
(1/1 Point)
Plinth
Pedestal 
Column
Entablature
Accouplement
59
the horizontal section of a classical order that rests on the columns, usually composed of a
cornice, frieze, and architrave. *
(1/1 Point)
Plinth
Pedestal
Column
Entablature 
Accouplement
60
the placement of two columns or pilasters very close together. *

(1/1 Point)
Plinth
Pedestal
Column
Entablature
Accouplement 
61
a cylindrical support in a classical architecture. Consisting of a capital, shaft, and usually a base,
either monolithic or built up of drums the full diameter of the shaft. *
(1/1 Point)
Plinth
Pedestal
Column 
Entablature
Accouplement
62
is the sharp edge formed by the intersection of two surfaces, such as the corner of a masonry
unit. *
(-/1 Point)
Ionic arris
Doric arris
Corinthian arris
Composite arris
Arris
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Marble and Limestone 

Granite and Burnt Brick

Greece and its many islands are located… *

in the Mediterranean Sea 

in the Black Sea

in the North Atlantic Ocean

in the Baltic Sea

The Minoan civilization flourished on the island of … *

None of the above islands. It was located on the Greek mainland

Which wall type is an ancient Greek construction technique? *

Mortise and Tenon

All of the above

None of the above

None of the above

Gate of the Minotaur

Gate of King Minos

Characterized by a fluted column having no base, a plain cushion-shaped capital supporting a

Does Corinthian has a taenia and trygliph? *

A frieze bearing carved figures of people or animals. *

A rounded channel or groove. *

an encircling band, molding, or fillet, on a capital or shaft of a column. *

Egg and Dart

Egg and Dart

Egg and Dart 

Egg and Dart

Egg and Dart

a narrow part of the surface of a column left between adjoining flutes. *

a deep concave molding between two fillets. *

the crowning member of a classical cornice. *

the molding or group of moldings immediately beneath the corona of a cornice. *

the use or arrangement of columns in a structure. *

the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting typically of a cymantium, corona,

the placement of two columns or pilasters very close together. *

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