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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1
AEGEAN ARCHITECTURE
1. The Bronze Age civilization of Crete

a. Minoan
b. Cycladic
c. Helladic
d. Mycenaean
2. The Bronze Age of the Cyclades
a. Minoan
b. Cycladic
c. Helladic
d. Mycenaean
3. The civilization that arose on the mainland under Cretan influence in the 16th
century BC
a. Minoan
b. Cycladic
c. Helladic
d. Mycenaean
4. The largest Bronze Age center of the island, discovering clay tablets with the first
positive evidence for Bronze Age writing in the Aegean.
a. Messenia
b. Knossos
c. Helladic
d. Melos
5. Minoan buildings were typically made of ____________.
a. timber frames filled with clay bricks
b. Stone and brick
c. Bricks
d. Marble
6. The great flowering of Minoan culture, during which they flourished as an urban
civilization.
a. Pre-Palace Age
b. Palace Age
c. Post-Palace Age
d. None of the Above
7. The central hall, referred to as a __________ , featured a grand entrance framed
with a portico.
a. Hypotrachelion
b. Megaron
c. Chthonic
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d. Thebes
8. The arch above the entrance, as well as the walls of the tomb itself, feature
________ construction.
a. Bracket
b. Corbelled
c. Timber-framed
d. Post and Lintel
9. A “ beehive tomb” on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during
the Bronze Age around 1250 BC.
a. Treasury of Atreus
b. Treasury of Hellic
c. Treasury of Mycenae
d. Treasury of Knossos
10. The first high civilization on European soil, with stately palaces, fine
craftsmanship, and writing, developed on the island of ____.
a. Crete
b. Cyclades
c. Helladic
d. Mycenaean
11. The Aegean beehive shaped type of tomb is called
a. Tholos
b. Menhir
c. Mausoleum
d. Loculi
12. A Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, some kilometres
north of Nafplio.
a. Tiryns
b. Thebes
c. Athens
d. Crete
13. A. city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as
the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others. It is the main
city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome (Sceptre nome) and was the capital of
Egypt mainly during the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
a. Tiryns
b. Thebes
c. Athens

d. Crete
14. The capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is
one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400
years and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and
7th millennium BC.
a. Tiryns
b. Thebes
c. Athens
d. Crete
15. The ancient Cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from c.
3300 to 1100 BCE. Along with the Minoan civilization and Mycenaean Greece,
the Cycladic people are counted among the three major Aegean cultures
a. Cycladic Art
b. Mycenaean Art
c. Crete Art
d. Thebes Art
16. An English archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the
Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the
Greek island of Crete.
a. Heinrich Schliemann
b. Sir Arthur Evans
c. King Agamemnon
d. Michael Ventris
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
1. The “city state” (‘polis’) emerged as the basis of Greek society
A. Mycenean of Helladic Greece
B. Hellenic Greece
C. Hellenistic Greece
D. Pericles of Helladic Greece
2. The palaces also had extensive basement storage areas, artists’ workshops,
dining halls, and sumptuous living quarters (including bathrooms) for the noble
ruling families
A. Palace of king Minos
B. Palace Tiryns
C. Lions Gate
D. Theater of Dionysius
3. A hilltop citadel surrounded by defensive walls. The masonry is of the
cyclopean type and short stretches of ashlar.
B. Palace Tiryns
C. Lions Gate

4. Famous example of a tomb portal with forward-looking architectural decoration at
the citadel of Mycenae
B. Palace Tiryns
C. Lions Gate
5. The center of all religious activities during the Olympics.
A. The Altis, Olympia
B. Delphi
C. Delos
D. Bouleuterion
6. The major site for the worship of the god Apollo.
B. Delphi
C. Delos
D. Bouleuterion
7. The position as a holy sanctuary and cult center in ancient Greece. ____was a
sacred place with splendid buildings and sanctuaries.
B. Delphi
C. Delos
D. Bouleuterion
8. What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support

taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head as
in the figure shown above?
A. Gargoyle
B. Caryatid
C. Atlantes
D. Statue
9. Mineral of greatest importance to greek architecture of w/c Greece and her
domains had ample of supplies?

A. Pozzolana
B. Marble
C. Clay
D. Granite
10. Which of the order was added by romans to the orders used by the greeks?
A. Ionic
B. Composite
C. Corinthian
D. Tuscan
11. What capital order was used in the parthenon?
A. Doric
B. Ionic
C. Tuscan
D. Corinthian
12. If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at
the back and the rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?
A. Peripteral
B. Prostyle
C. Amphiprostyle
D. Dipteral
13. A greek temple has 6 columns in front and at the back, at it's sides, it has eleven
columns, that includes the outermost columns at the front and back. What do you
call this kind of temple?
A. Peripteral
B. Pseudodipteral
C. Decastyle
D. Tetrastyle
14. The monumental gateway that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
A. Propylaea
B. Erechtheum
C. Mnesicles
D. Pericles
15. An ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece,
notable for a design that is both elegant and unusual.
A. Propylaea
B. Erechtheum
C. Mnesicles
D. Pericles
ESTRUSCAN ARCHITECTURE

1. Heavily influenced by Greek architecture, which was itself developing

through the same period. In turn it influenced Roman architecture
a. Estruscan architecture
b. Byzantince architecture
c. Early Christian architecture
d. Aegean architecure
2. An arch-like construction method in which masonry courses are corbelled,
with each course projecting further out from the course below it, until they
meet at the top to span a space or void in a structure.
a. Corbelled Arch
b. Parabolic Arch
c. Catenary Arch
d. Horseshoe Arch
3. A heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.
a. Tumulus
b. Monolith
c. Necropolis
d. Urn
4. Most basic architecture of the Estruscans?
a. Wood and sun-dried mud-brick
b. Wood and thatched roofs
c. Stone house
d. Stilt house
5. The tombs were underground, carved into the stone of the Tuscan hills, a
soft stone called?
a. Tufa
b. Monolith
c. Tumuli
d. Urn
6. Is a simplified Doric order, with un-fluted columns and a simpler entablature
with no triglyphs or guttae.
a. Tuscan order
b. Composite order
c. Ionic order
d. Corinthian order
7. Etruscan settlements were constructed on easily defended on what kind of physcial
geography?
a. Plateaus
b. Plains
c. Riverside
d. Chasm
8. What Etruscan settlement is considered as a good example of town planning with the
5th century BCE buildings oriented on a north-south axis and set in a grid pattern?
a. Marzabotto

b. Cortona
c. Acquarossa
d. Veii
9. One of the best-documented Etruscan temples is the ______?
a. c. 510 BCE Portonaccio Temple at Veii
b. c. 510 BCE Vitruvius Temple at Cortona
c. c. 512 BCE Cerveteri house of temples at Acquarossa
d. c. 495 BCE Temples of Marzabotto
10. Is considered the largest tumuli, measuring up to 40 meters in diameter?
a. Cerveteri
b. Populonia
c. Tumtulos
d. Volterra
11. The atrium house design that was adopted and adapted by the Romans is called
____?
a. Atrium Tuscanium
b. Tuscanian Atrium House
c. House of the Etruscans
d. Atrium House
12. The first version is the largest Etruscan temple recorded, and much larger than
other Roman temples for centuries after.
a. Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
b. Temple of Minerva
c. Temple of Capitoline triad
d. Temple of Apollo
13. The exterior curve, surface, or boundary of the visible face of an arch. Also called
back.
a. Extrados
b. Archivolt
c. Intrados
d. Sprandel
14. The inner curve or surface of an arch forming the concave underside.
a. Intrados
b. Archivolt
c. Spring
d. Extrados
15. A decorative molding or band on the face of an arch following the curve if the
intrados.
a. Archivolt
b. Spring
c. Keystone
d. Sprandel

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
1. In Roman Architecture, the temple of Astonius and Faustina built by Antoninus

himself in AD 141. Which of the following is not true?
a. Simple Traditional Form
b. Raised on podium
c. Is 300 ft. by 400 ft. in dimension
d. With a deep porch leading to cella
2. Romans are great builders in history, in fact they are the basis of most
architecture today. Which of the following is not created by the Romans?
a. Temples
b. Basilicas
c. Tombs
d. Aqueducts
e. None
3. The Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Baalbek is one of the iconic buildings in
Rome, it I continued until the mid-third century it has:
a. Two Altars, a main court, a hexagonal forecourt and a magnificent
propylaeum – a porch with towers at each end.
b. Three main altars, a main court, a rectangular shaped hall and a porch
c. Three altars, main court garden, hexagonal forecourt and a magnificent
propylaeum – a porch with towers at each end.
d. Two Altars, an arcaded court, a rectangular shaped hall and a magnificent
propylaeum.
4. The Temple of Venus, Baalbek has the following component except:
a. Circullar Cella
b. Square-fronted porch
c. Bases and capitals of the columns are five-sided
d. The entablature and podium curves outward
5. Serapeum, Pergamon is another magnificent architecture in Rome, which of the
following description is a characteristic of the Serapeum, Peragamon:
a. Eastern Arrangement
b. Rectangular shaped plan
c. Pool for bathing
d. Has a central structure
6. Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanun, Rome is built when?
a. Early Third Century
b. Late Fifth Century
c. After the Roman war
d. Before the Roman war
7. Who built the Temple of the Sun in Rome?
a. Palladio

b. Aurelian
c. Jupiter
d. By the slaves of Rome
8. The temple of Venus and Rome, was built between AD 307 and 312, after a
destruction, who restored the temple?
a. Aurelian
b. Maximus
c. Maxentus
d. Auradian
9. Which of the following is not built in the Roman Empire?
a. Basilica, Leptis Magna
b. Basilica, Entruscan
c. Basilica, Herodum
d. None, all of them are built in Rome
10. Basilica, Trier is built in early fourth century composed of Aisle-less rectangular
hall and have apse on one end, what else is a description of the Basilica, Trier?
a. Have apse on two ends
b. The walls were constructed with pure cement
c. The elevations were a simple grandeur by double ranges of rectangular-
headed windows
d. A foretaste of the wall treatment of later Christian basilica such as S.
Sabina, Rome
11. The structure used as halls of justice and commercial exchanges by the Romans
is the
a. Thermae
b. Circus
c. Basilica
d. Spina
12. The Palatial public bath generally raised on high platforms within an enclosing
wall is the
a. Thermae
b. Gymnasium
c. Laconicum
d. Triclinium
13. The Furnace that provided the warm baths to the thermae is the
a. Xystus
b. Calidarium
c. Hypocaust
d. Fauces
14. The Roman subterranean vault is called
a. Coemeteria
b. Tholos
c. Mausoleum

d. Pyramid
15. The difference between the Roman & Greek theater is that the Roman
auditorium encircled
a. 2/3
b. ½
c. ¾
d. Whole
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE
1. In early Christian churches there is a raised dais as part of the sanctuary

which later developed into the transepts and this is called
a. Extension
b. Lesene
c. Bema
d. Ambo
2. Due to its length, the Early Christian church gives an impression of

a. Horizontality
b. Airiness
c. Spaciousness
d. Magnificence
3. A portico or vestibule before the nave of an early Christian or Byzantine
church, occupied by those not yet christened
a. Exonarthex
b. Exedra
c. Narthex
d. Esonarthex
4. A basin, usually stone, holding the water used in baptism
a. Icon
b. Font
c. Apse
d. Ambulatory
5. The covered walk of an atrium or cloister
a. Icon
b. Font
c. Apse
d. Ambulatory
6. A representation of a sacred Christian personage, such as Christ or a
saint as Christ or a saint or angel, typically painted on a wood surface
and itself venerated as being sacred

a. Icon
b. Font
c. Apse
d. Ambulatory
7. A semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, usually vaulted and
used especially at the sanctuary or east end of a church
a. Icon
b. Font
c. Apse
d. Ambulatory
8. The sanctuary space surrounding the altar of an Eastern church
a. Bema
b. Diaconicon
c. Sacristy
d. Prothesis
9. A chapel in an eastern church where the Eucharist elements are
prepared, usually on the north side of the bema
a. Bema
b. Diaconicon
c. Sacristy
d. Prothesis
10. A room in a church where the sacred vessels and vestments are kept
a. Bema
b. Diaconicon
c. Sacristy
d. Prothesis
11. A sacristy in an early Christian or Eastern church, usually on the south
side of the bema
a. Bema
b. Diaconicon
c. Sacristy
d. Prothesis
12. The forecourt of an early Christian church, flanked or surrounded by
porticoes
a. Ambulatory
b. Icon
c. Iconostasis
d. Atrium
13. A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian
basilica
a. Cantharus
b. aisle

c. Nave
d. Ambo
14. The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to
the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles
a. Cantharus
b. aisle
c. Nave
d. Ambo
15. . Any of the longitudinal divisions of a church, separated from the nave by
a row of columns or piers
a. Cantharus
b. aisle
c. Nave
d. Ambo
16. Either of two raised stands from which the Gospels or Epistles were read
or chanted in an early Christian church
a. Cantharus
b. aisle
c. Nave
d. Ambo
17. The Bishop’s throne, occupying a recess or apse in an early Christian

Church
a. Apse
b. Tribune
c. Altar
d. Baldachin
18. The table of Christian Church upon which the Eucharist, the sacrament
celebrating Christ’s Last Supper, is celebrated. Also called communion
table
a. Apse
b. Tribune
c. Altar
d. Baldachin
19. An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently placed over the
altar in a church
a. Apse
b. Tribune
c. Altar
d. Baldachin

BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
1. What architecture that is characterized by masonry construction, round arches,

shallow domes carried on pendentives, and
extensive use of rich frescoes, colored glass mosaics, and marble revetments
that covers whole interior?
a. Byzantine Architecture
b. Neolithic Architecture
c. Early Christian Architecture
d. Persian Architecture
2. It is considered as the epitome of Byzantine Architecture
a. Hagia Sophia
b. St. Mark’s Basilica
c. Avila Cathedral
d. St. Paul’s Cathedral
3. types of church plans in Byzantine architecture
Basilica church, cross-in-square, and cross dome plan.
4. The most distinctive feature of the Byzantine Architecture?
a. Domed roof
b. Aqueduct
c. Clerestory
d. Flying Buttresses
5. A small circular panel or opening.
a. Roundel
b. Pendentives
c. Squinch
d. Vault
6. A surface representing 1/4th of a sphere and often covering an apse.

a. Semi-dome
b. Clerestory
c. Pendentives
d. Squinch
7. The entrance porch or chamber before the nave of a church.
a. Narthex
b. Niches
c. Arcade
d. Squinch
8. A spherical triangle that transforms a square bay into a circle for the
springing of a dome.

a. Pendentive
b. Narthex
c. Niches
d. Triforium
9. A corbeled arch used to transform a square bay into an octagon for the
springing of a dome. It transforms the square central bay into an octagon that
supports a drum and dome.
a. Squinch
b. Keystone
c. Narthex
d. Pendentive
10. A Byzantine church commisioned under Justinian I. The architects were
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Conches were used create a
longitudinal axis and nave in the central plan. Naos was positioned in the
center of the building and the galleries are above the side aisles looking
down at the naos. The main dome was supported on pendentives. Interior
and exterior buttressing were used to support the church and the
massive dome. When constructed it was the largest dome in the world.
a. Hagia Sofia, Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey
b. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 538 - 548 CE
c. St. Mark’s Basillica
d. Avila Cathedral
11. Centrally planned church with an octagonal dome with octagonal galleries
and aisles. Has a high drum and clerestory windows. Dome is made of hollow
clay pots.
a. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 538 - 548 CE
b. Hagia Sofia, Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey
c. St. Paul’s Cathedral
d. Avila Cathedral
12. Centrally planned Greek cross church. Has hemispherical internal domes
covering each arm of the Greek cross plan and one central dome in the
center. Crossing - In a basilican church, the space where transepts, nave, and
choir intersect. The domes are set on pendentives, with barrel vaults that
connect the piers. Model for Romanesque churches in Southern France.
a. San Marco, Venice, Italy, 1063 - 1089 CE
b. Hosios Loukos, Phocis, Greece, 11th century
c. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 538 - 548 CE
d. Avila Cathedral
13. Floor plan with five objects arranged in a square, with one in the center.
Byzantine churches with this plan typically have 5 domes, the center one
being balanced with 4 diminutive domes at the corners. Has 9 bays. Other
sections are barrel vaulted.

a. Cross-in-square/quincunx plan
b. Cross dome plans
c. Naos
d. Conch
14. Floor plan with a single dome placed on a longitudinal base. The arms of a
Greek cross are reduced and covered with barrel vaults that surround the
crossing dome. Aisles and galleries enclose the church on 3 sides. 3 apses
complete the 4th side. Built to modest scale.
a. Cross dome plans
b. Quincunx plan
c. Conch
d. Double Shell plan
15. Monastery where two churches were built adjacent to the shrine erected
over the tome of St. Luke. The smaller church, the Theotokos Church, was a
cross-in-square plan and built of squared stones surrounded by brick. Has
a central dome raised on a drum. The corner bays used groin vaults. The larger
Katholikon was constructed south of the Theotokos church, 20 years later.
Has a cross dome plan. Has a large dome set over the nave, braced on 3
sides by a second level gallery.
a. Hosios Loukos, Phocis, Greece, 11th century
b. San Marco, Venice, Italy, 1063 – 1089 CE
c. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 538 - 548 CE
d. Avila Cathedral
16. Holy place of the church usually under the dome in Byzantine architecture.
a. Naos
b. Conch
c. Narthex
d. Nave
17. Walls rising high, above the height of the roof, with windows to allow light to
penetrate.
a. Clerestory
b. Apse
c. Conch
d. Squinch
18. Central part of a church from the entrance to the chancel or altar.
a. Nave
b. Naos
c. Narthex
d. Conch
19. Semi-circular termination of the main building, or the hemispherical end of
the nave.
a. Apse

b. Conch
c. Narthex
d. Squinch
20. Half Dome
a. Conch
b. Roundel
c. Narthex
d. Semi-Dome
21. Floor plan with the ambulatory aisle is separated from the naos. Naos is the
inner shell, and the ambulatory aisle is the outer shell.
a. Double Shell Plan
b. Quincunx plan
c. Cross dome plan
d. Single Shell Plan
22. Emperor of Byzantine Empire who codified roman laws and responsible for
rebuilding of s. Sophia was?
a. Justinian
b. Tiberius II
c. Justin I
d. Justin II

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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

1. The Bronze Age civilization of Crete

INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

8. What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support

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1. Heavily influenced by Greek architecture, which was itself developing

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INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

1. In Roman Architecture, the temple of Astonius and Faustina built by Antoninus

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INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE

1. In early Christian churches there is a raised dais as part of the sanctuary

2. Due to its length, the Early Christian church gives an impression of

INZACRUZ, SORIANO, MAZON

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17. The Bishop’s throne, occupying a recess or apse in an early Christian

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1. What architecture that is characterized by masonry construction, round arches,

6. A surface representing 1/4th of a sphere and often covering an apse.

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