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Seraglio. Seraglio is the palace proper in an Assyrian palace. Khan is the service chamber in an Assyrian palace. Harem is the private family apartments of the women in an Assyrian palace.

The palace proper found in Assyrian palaces is called.

A) Seraglio.

B) Khan.

C) Thalamus.

D) Jawab.

Babylonian & Assyrian.

Mesopotamian architecture is a conglomeration of.

A) Assyrian & Persian.

B) Babylonian & Assyrian.

C) Egyptian & Babylonian.

D) Seleucid & Parthian.

Religious factors.

Temples in Mesopotamia were elevated on platforms because of.

A) Historical factors.

B) Religious factors.

C) Social factors.

D) Climatic factors.

Four corners. Ziggurats is oriented toward the cardinal points by their four corners. Pyramids were oriented by their sides. Greek temples and early Christian churches were oriented towards the east. Later Romanesque churches were oriented towards the west.

The orientation of the ziggurat had its BLANK oriented towards the cardinal points.

A) Four sides.

B) Four corners.

C) Four ramps.

D) Four doors.

Holy mountains.

Ziggurats are also called.

A) Source of life.

B) Sacrificial altars.

C) Holy mountains.

D) Dwelling house of the gods.

Persian architecture.

The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in.

A) Greek architecture.

B) Egyptian architecture.

C) Pre-historic architecture.

D) Persian architecture.

Arch & vault.

The system of construction used by the Assyrians is principally one of.

A) Arch & vault.

B) Columnar & trabeated.

C) Truss & vault.

D) Domical.

Fire altar.

Found at the top of the ziggurat is the.

A) Fire altar.

B) Temple-observatory.

C) Mortuary temple.

D) High altar.

Battlemented crestings. Among the Mesopotamian cultures, Assyrians were the most steeped in war. That is why most of their building types look like fortresses or citadels. Battlements are a parapet with crenels - the openings, and merlons - a solid portion. Battlements usually have a walkway behind them. Battlements is a typical feature in fortresses or citadels. Turrets are cylindrical tower-shaped projections in a building.

Assyrian walls are finished at the top by.

A) Cornices.

B) Turrets.

C) Battlemented crestings.

D) Gorge moldings.

Chiseled alabaster slab. Sgraffito is a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing. Sgraffito is commonly used in the Renaissance.

The chief architectural ornament of the Assyrians is.

A) Stucco plaster.

B) Sgraffito.

C) Chiseled alabaster slab.

D) Polychrome brickwork.

Nebuchadnezzar.

The ziggurat at Borsippa was rebuilt by.

A) Nebuchadnezzar.

B) Darius.

C) Alexander the Great.

D) Xerxes.

Palace of Nebuchadnezzar.

The famous "hanging gardens" is found in the.

A) Temple of Marduk.

B) Temple of Ninib, Babylon.

C) Palace of Sargon.

D) Palace of Nebuchadnezzar.

Seraglio. Seraglio is the palace proper in an Assyrian palace. Khan is the service chamber in an Assyrian palace. Harem is the private family apartments of the women in an Assyrian palace. Beit hilani is the pillared portico. Maqsura is a large domed room used for communal prayers in Islamic architecture.

The palace proper in most Assyrian palaces is called.

A) Seraglio.

B) Maqsura.

C) Gomphi.

D) Beit hilani.

Xerxes. The Hall of the Hundred Columns is the Throne Room of the Palace of Persepolis. Construction was begun by Xerxes and completed by his son Artaxerxes I.

The Hall of the Hundred Columns was built by.

A) Nebuchadnezzar.

B) Xerxes.

C) Darius.

D) Marduk.

Xerxes. This is a classic example of a board exam question. Be careful of the real question. The question is asking for the person who built Persepolis - which was Xerxes. The Propylaea mentioned at the front is a confusion device. The Propylaea is the entrance to Greek temples. The architect for the Propylaea in the Acropolis is Mnesicles.

The Propylaea, forming the monumental entrance to the Palace platform, Persepolis was built by.

A) Mnesicles.

B) Xerxes.

C) Callicrates.

D) Callimachus.

Terra-cotta pipes.

In the absence of windows, ventilation in Assyrian palaces were allowed, in the interiors through.

A) Slits in the roof.

B) Clearstories.

C) Terra-cotta pipes.

D) Slits in the walls.

Private family apartment. Although harem was mainly used by women. It is also the home of the children of the women. Thus, women's room is too restrictive. In addition, the harem is not a room but an area where the women, usually the wives of the king, and their children lived. Thus the best description is private family apartments. Seraglio is the palace proper in an Assyrian palace. Khan is the service chamber in an Assyrian palace. Harem is the private family apartments of the women in an Assyrian palace.

The harem in the Assyrian palaces is.

A) Women's room.

B) Children's playroom.

C) Men's apartment.

D) Private family apartment.

Climate & geology.

The Persians developed a column because of.

A) Climate & geology.

B) Geography & religion.

C) Geology & religion.

D) History & climate.

Rock Cave. Megaron is a part of Mycenaean houses usually reserved for the male.

The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the.

A) Hut.

B) Rock Cave.

C) Megaron.

D) Tent.

Tumulus. Horus is the name of an ancient Egyptian god. Didoron, on the other hand is a building material used by ancient Greeks which is a type of burnt brick.

Burnt bricks were first used in Greece in 355 BC, but were unreliable according to Vitruvius. There are three sorts of bricks; the first is that which the Greeks call Didoron, used by the Greeks in their private dwellings. The two other sorts are used in Grecian buildings; one is called Tetradoron also used in private buildings, the other is Pentadoron used for public building.

A prehistoric burial mound is called.

A) Horus.

B) Fillet.

C) Tumulus.

D) Didoron.

Pyramid. If you think of the pyramid it one singular mass of stone - just like menhirs. And since pyramids are tapering upwards, there is an emphasis on verticality - just like the menhirs which are large stones standing upright.

One other prototype of pyramids and obelisks may be the benben. This assumption is based on the fact that obelisks and pyramids were all crowned with a gilded capstone to catch the rays of the sun. It was pyramidal in shape and known as the benebet.

Monoliths or menhirs are prototypes of the Egyptian.

A) Mastaba.

B) Pyramid.

C) Sphinx.

D) Pylon.

Stone Circle. Ziggurat is also known as "holy mountains." Domus is the house of ancient Romans. Hypaethral court is a roofless temple.

The Stonehenge is an example of.

A) Ziggurat.

B) Domus.

C) Hypaethral Court.

D) Stone Circle.

Pyramid of Mykerinos. In order of largest to smallest, these are the pyramids of Giza: Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu also the oldest at 139 m, Pyramid of Chephren or Khafre at 136 m, and the Pyramid of Mykerinos or Menkaure, also the youngest at 61 m. Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure were direct descendants of each other. The Pyramid of Zoser is not in Giza but in the Saqqara necropolis. It was not a true pyramid but a bent one built by Imhotep.

The smallest among the famous pyramids at Giza is.

A) Pyramid of Cheops.

B) Pyramid of Mykerinos.

C) Pyramid of Zoser.

D) Pyramid of Chephren.

Pylon. Hypostyle hall is a roofed temple supported by columns used most prominently in the Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak. Torus is a large convex semicircular molding located at the base of a classical column. Caravanserais is a roadside inn with a central courtyard for travelers or caravanners in the desert regions of West Asia or North Africa - it is just like a backpackers' lodge.

The Egyptian gateway to temples is called.

A) Hypostyle Hall.

B) Pylon.

C) Torus.

D) Caravanserais.

Papyrus. Scarab or holy beetle symbolizes rebirth.

Egyptian ornament symbolizing fertility is.

A) Scarab.

B) Papyrus.

C) Grape.

D) Continuous coil spiral.

Obelisk. Triglyph is a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves and alternate with the metopes which is a square space between triglyphs.

Pillars that stood in pairs at the front or Egyptian temples are called.

A) Obelisk.

B) Triglyphs.

C) Banister.

D) Osiris Pillars.

Mastaba. Columbaria is an underground chamber used by the Romans for preserving the ashes of the dead. Hypogeum is a Greek underground temple or tomb. Patera is a saucer-shaped Roman drinking vessel also used as a decorative plate.

Tomb-houses that were made to take the body at full length are called.

A) Columbaria.

B) Hypogeum.

C) Mastaba.

D) Patera.

Battered.

Characteristic feature of Egyptian external walls is.

A) Braced.

B) Battered.

C) Levered.

D) Syrinx.

Internal effect.

Egyptian architecture was designed principally for.

A) Internal effect.

B) Light and color.

C) Shade and shadow.

D) External adoration.

Gorge. Scotia is a concave molding. Plinth is a block used as the base for a pillar or statue.

The Egyptian cornice that consists of roll and hollow molding is called.

A) Scotia.

B) Plinth.

C) Gorge.

D) Corona.

Angles.

The torus mold in Egyptian temples were used to cover the BLANK of the walls.

A) Angles.

B) Upper.

C) Lower.

D) Dado.

Simplicity.

Egyptian architecture is characterized by massiveness, monumentality, and.

A) Dignity.

B) Simplicity.

C) Grandeur.

D) Lightness.

Columnar and Trabeated.

Egyptian system of construction is essentially.

A) Arcuated.

B) Trussed.

C) Buttressed.

D) Columnar and Trabeated.

Amenophis III. Amenophis III or Amenhotep III is also the father of Akhenaten. Thotmes I expanded Egypt to include the Levant and Nubia. He is the father of Hatshepsut. Seti I known in biblical time as the pharaoh, who ordered all male child to be killed during Moses's time, is the father of Rameses II or Rameses the Great, one the of the greatest rulers in Ancient Egypt. Seti I began the construction of the Great Temple of Abydos also known as the Osireion. Senusrets erected the oldest standing obelisk in Egypt located in Heliopolis.

The Colossi of Memnon was erected by.

A) Thothmes I.

B) Seti I.

C) Amenophis III.

D) Senusrets.

Ptolemy III. Ptolemy also started the construction of the Temple of Horus, Edfu. Darius and Xerxes are both Persian rulers. Deinocrates is a Greek architect known for the plan of the city of Alexandria, the reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis, and the funeral pyre for Hephaistion, the close friend of Alexander the Great.

The architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria is.

A) Darius.

B) Ptolemy III.

C) Xerxes.

D) Deinocrates.

Hatshepsut.

The funerary temple at Der-el-Bahari was built by.

A) Cleopatra.

B) Nefertiti.

C) Tutankhamen.

D) Hatshepsut.

Osiris Pillars. Osiris Pillars are pillars located in the Great Temple of Abu Simbel which bears a carved likeness to Osiris.

The forerunners of the caryatids of the Greeks is.

A) Osiris Pillars.

B) Hathor-headed Capital.

C) Atlas.

D) Lotus capital.

Hieroglyphics.

Characteristic wall ornament of the Egyptians is.

A) Hieroglyphics.

B) Bead and reel.

C) Polychrome brickwork.

D) Papyrus leaves.

Palm.

The favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians include the lotus, papyrus, and.

A) Scarab.

B) Nipa.

C) Palm.

D) Cavetto.

Pyramid.

Structure whose sides were made to face the four cardinal points is the.

A) Palace.

B) Temple.

C) Pyramid.

D) Ziggurat.

St. Peter, Rome.

The size of the Great Pyramid of Cheops is equated to the.

A) Escorial.

B) Pisa Cathedral.

C) Pantheon, Rome.

D) St. Peter, Rome.

Thy. If the question specifically asks for the architect of the Great Pyramid, then the answer is Hemiunu.

Known as the royal architect and superintendent of pyramids is.

A) Thy.

B) Sargon.

C) Chephren.

D) Rameses II.

Hypostyle Hall. Dagobah is another name for stupa which is a mound-like hemispherical structure containing the remains of the Buddha and used as a place of meditation.

In the Egyptian temples a pillared hall in which the roof rests on columns is called.

A) Dagobah.

B) Sanctuary.

C) Hypostyle Hall.

D) Sarcophagus Chamber.

Kings & priests.

Egyptian temples were sanctuaries into which only BLANK penetrated.

A) Kings & priests.

B) Kings & queens.

C) Priests & priestesses.

D) Queens & priestesses.

Sphinxes.

Temples were approached through an imposing avenue of.

A) Pylons.

B) Osiris Pillars.

C) Sphinxes.

D) Pyramids.

Stele. Scuncheon is the inner part of a door jamb or a window frame.

The upright stone slab containing the name of the dead found in the mastaba is called.

A) Pilaster.

B) Band.

C) Scuncheon.

D) Stele.

Serdab. Naos or cella is the inner chamber of a Greek temple. Cimbia is a fillet or band of molding placed around the shaft of a column.

The inner secret chamber in the mastaba containing the statues of the deceased members of the family is called.

A) Cella.

B) Naos.

C) Serdab.

D) Cimbia.

Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak.

The grandest example of all Egyptian temples built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic Period is.

A) Palace of Sargon.

B) Great Temple of Abu-Simbel.

C) Temple of Ramesseum, Thebes.

D) Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak.

Obelisks. Espalier is the practice of training a plant to grow flat against a surface.

Huge monoliths, square in plan and tapering to a pyramidal summit are.

A) Pyramids.

B) Obelisks.

C) Espalier.

D) Column.

Cryptoporticus. It is a semi-subterranean gallery whose vaulting supports portico structures above the ground. On sloping sites, the open side of a cryptoporticus is often partially at ground level and supports a structure such as a forum or Roman villa, in which case it served as "basis villae". It is used as a synonym for crypt. Diathyros is a vestibule in an ancient Greek house with the street door at one end and the door to the courtyard at the other.

A colonnade or portico either concealed or partly enclosed is called

A) Cryptoporticus.

B) Diathyros.

C) Peristyle.

D) Battened column.

Horus.

The Great Sphinx at Giza which is in the form of a recumbent lion with the head of a man is said to probably represent the god.

A) Amon.

B) Isis.

C) Horus.

D) Serapis.

Mammisi Temple.

The small Egyptian shrine dedicated to the rites of the goddess Isis is called.

A) Mammisi Temple.

B) Yatzia.

C) Tempietto.

D) Templet.

Temple of the Sun, Heliopolis.

The obelisk at the Piazza of St. John Lateran, Rome was originally from the.

A) Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak.

B) Great Temple of Abu-Simbel.

C) Temple of the Sun, Heliopolis.

D) Great Temple, Abydos.

Seti I.

The building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak was began by.

A) Ptolemy II.

B) Thotmes I.

C) Seti I.

D) Rameses I.

Ptolemy II. The Pharos of Alexandria is one of the ancient seven wonders. Commissioned by Ptolemy I the Soter and finished during the reign of his son Ptolemy II. The seven wonders of the ancient world formulated by the Greek which served as the tourist destinations of the period. Out of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the Pyramids of Giza remain. The following are the seven wonders: Great Pyramids of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria.

The builder of the famous Pharos or Light House is.

A) Ptolemy II.

B) Rameses II.

C) Amenemhat I.

D) Senusrets.

Great Temple, Abu-Simbel. Mammisi temple is a small temple attached to a larger temple. The Great Serapeum is a temple dedicated to the god Serapis and was built on a hill. The Funerary Temples, Der-el-Bahari were built near on the face of a cliff. But only the Great Temple, Abu-Simbel were carved out of a mountainside during the reign of Ramesses II in Nubia to commemorate his victory.

The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut temples is the.

A) Mammisi Temple.

B) Great Serapeum.

C) Funerary Temple, Der-el-Bahari.

D) Great Temple, Abu-Simbel.

Great Temple, Abu-Simbel. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. Their huge external rock relief figures have become iconic.

The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the.

A) Great Temple, Abu-Simbel.

B) Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak.

C) Temple at Luxor.

D) Temple of Hathor, Dendera.

Mastaba.

Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty are the.

A) Rock-hewn tombs.

B) Sarcophagus.

C) Rock Temples.

D) Mastaba.

Cult temples. Capitolium is the Temple of Jupiter built for the Capitoline Triad in the city of Pompeii. Almemar is a raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands. It is also called the bema.

Egyptian temples built for the worship of the gods were.

A) Mortuary temples.

B) Cult temples.

C) Capitolium.

D) Almemar.

Valley building.

In the pyramid complex, embalmment and internment rites took place in the.

A) Elevated causeway.

B) Offering chapel.

C) Mortuary temple.

D) Valley building.

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The Aegean beehive shaped type of tomb is called.

A) Tholos.

B) Menhir.

C) Mausoleum.

D) Loculi.

Tholos. Tholos is a beehive tomb characterized by a false dome or corbeled dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or stones. Menhir is a standing stone megalith in Prehistoric times. Mausoleum is a free-standing building constructed as a monument containing the burial chamber of a deceased person. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a tomb built for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. The finished structure of the mausoleum was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Loculus is the architectural niche that houses a corpse or an urn containing ashes, as in the catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment.

The epinaos is also called.

A) Trachelion.

B) Opisthodomos.

C) Posticum.

D) Portico.

Posticum. In Greek temples, both the epinaos and opisthodomos are posticums or vestibules located at the back part of a Classical temple. However, the opisthodomos is a special chamber that was cut off from the as the treasury where the revenues and precious dedications of the temple are kept. The term "epinaos" was actually invented to differentiate the open vestibule located at back to that of the opisthodomos which was cut off from the public. Architecturally, the epinaos balances the pronaos or porch of a temple, creating a plan with diaxial symmetry. Posticum may also refer to the backdoor of a Roman villa. Trachelion is the necking of the column just above the shaft and beneath the capital. Trachelion has the same flutings as the shaft, and serves as the connection between the column shaft and the capital. Portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building with a roof structure supported by columns.

The intercolumniation of a eustyle is.

A) l.5D.

B) 2.25D.

C) 3D.

D) 4D.

2.25D. P-seda. P = 1.5, S = 2, E = 2.25, D = 3, A = 4.