Practice Third Exam - History of Architecture | ARCH 3115, Exams of History of Architecture

Download Practice Third Exam - History of Architecture | ARCH 3115 and more Exams History of Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! 1 THIRD EXAM Architecture 3115 Survey of Architectural History, November 1, 2007 7 Pages M. Schneider In taking this exam I pledge to abide by all the provisions of the VA Tech honor code. (please return exam with your answer sheet.) __________________________________________________________ Signature Note: Each question has only one correct answer. CORRECT ANSWERS ARE INDICATED BY A ! 1. This is the opening image of the Maya “Madrid” Codex, named after the city of the museum that currently owns it. It represents________. 1. The central zone of the Maya cosmos 2. The four zones of the Maya cosmos 3.! The five zones of the Maya cosmos 4. The five levels of Xibalba 2. In the center of the image is the__________. 1. sacred fire, 2. the flaming hearth, 3. ash tree 4.! ceiba tree 3. The Maya believe that this central feature___. 1. burned up the lords of Xibalba 2. lighted the sun on the first day of creation 3. held the sword that Wotan placed in it 4.! lifted the sky off of the earth when the present world was created 4. The Maya laid out their_____________on this same plan. 1.! city centers and some building groups 2. neighborhoods and houses 3. farm fields 4. temples 5. At a larger scale, this central feature appears in the heavens as__________. 1. the Big Dipper, 2.! the Milky Way, 3. Orion 4. the North Star 6. At a smaller scale this central feature appears on earth as__________________. 1. the turtle, 2. a black jaguar, 3.! the maize plant, 4. a yellow jaguar 7. For the Maya, the expression “He entered the road” means that_______________ . 1.! when a person dies, he enters the Milky Way and descends on it to Xibalba 2. when a person dies, he enters the Milky Way and journeys to the land of the sun. 3. when a person dies he takes a road journey to the land of the Incas 4. when a person is born his spirit enters the Milky Way and ascends from Xibalba to the earth 2 8.This view of the Great Plaza at the Maya site of Tikal in Guatamala shows how the Maya may have used_____________to lay out their cities in conformity with___________. 1. trigonomentry, the geometry of their concept of the universe. 2. a surveyor’s transit, the Pythagorean theorem. 3.! the 3-4-5 right triangle, the geometry of their concept of the universe. 4. the 3-4-5 right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem. 9. The prototype structure for the Maya temple house appears to have been: 1. the Maya palace. 2. the Aztec temple. 3. the cenote. 4.! the Maya traditional house. 10. Temple 1 at Tikal is set on a pyramid of ___levels. 1. three, 2. five, 3. seven, 4.! nine 11. These levels correspond to the levels of the Maya underworld, known as 1.! Xibalba, 2 Antigua, 3. Palenque, 4. Labamba 12. This view of the vaults at St. Etienne (1064- 1134) in Caen, France shows that it: 1. has a four-part vault system 2.! has a six-part vault system 3. has a two-part vault system 4. has a five-part vault system 13. One wall pier has a single engaged column, while the other has three, because: 1. there was a change in architectural style 2. an error was made 3. different teams of workers built each. 4.! the one with three gets more vault thrust 14. The reason there are arches on only one side of the clerestory windows is that 1. there wasn’t enough room on the other side 2. the clerestory windows are off center 3. there is more vault thrust on that side 4.! there is less vault thrust on that side 15. From this arrangement of vaults and openings, one can infer that: 1.! the vaults were retrofitted at a later date 2. the vaults collapsed at some time 3. the vaults are made of brick rather than stone 4. the ribs were too weak to achieve arch action 5 34. This jeweled chalice used by the Abbot Suger in serving Holy Communion at St. Denis is indicative of his belief in the doctrine of _______. 1.! anagogicus mos 2. Agnus Dei 3. peccatophobia 4. Dies Irae 35. The term anagogicus mos means _______. 1. without sin 2. the only way 3. the one true way 4.! the upward-leading way 36. On this view, articulated by the Pseudo Dionysius, the jewels as well as the stained glass windows in the church served to begin 1. leading the mind from God to the Holy Spirit 2. leading the mind from the Son to the Father 3.! leading the mind from material to spiritual light 4. leading the mind from home to church 37. The partial collapse of St. Martin’s church tower at Wharram Percy in Yorkshire reveals that the walls have_____________. 1. a mud core, 2. a cut stone core, 3. an ashlar core, 4.! a rubble core 38. The walls are faced with_________ . 1. rubble, 2.! ashlar, 3. Roman concrete, 4. marble 39. Stones used to reinforce the corners to prevent this sort of collapse are called ___ . 1.! quoins, 2. flags, 3. grouts, 4. quints 40. Which of the following would not have been a function of St. Martin’s church? 1. storage, 2. jail, 3. meetings, 4.! bath 6 41. This view of the construction of the vault of a Gothic cathedral shows______________. 1.! the ribs in place supported by a light centering 2. the ribs and webs in place 3. the cutting of rib stones as they are placed 4. the window is too high to join to the vault 42. Next to the rib stones there is _______. 1. a row of sockets for the web centering 2. an ornamental pattern. 3.! a narrow ledge for the web centering boards 4. a second row of stones 43. Supporting the centering on wall brackets in an arch shape _______ . 1. helps to stiffen the walls 2.! eliminates the need for building up the centering from the floor 3. eliminates the need for flying buttresses 4. eliminates the need to cross-tie the centering arches 44. In this system of construction, the centering for the webs will be ________. 1. built up from the floor 2. suspended from the trusses overhead 3. eliminated entirely 4.! laid on the edges of the rib centering. 7 45. This plan and section of Saint Philibert at Tournus, France (950-1220) shows it to have_________. 1.! radiating chapels, 2. a longitudinal barrel vault, 3. a crypt above ground, 4. fan vaults 46. The curved passageway at the East end is known as a ______________. 1. ambo, 2.! chevet, 3. chevrolet, 4. narthex 47. This structure made it possible for pilgrims to ____________ without interrupting church services. 1. arrive late, 2. talk softly, 3. buy gifts, 4.! view the church relics 48. The space over the vaulted West entry is _____________ . 1. a narthex, 2. an atrium, 3.! a westwork chapel, 4. an ambo 49. The vaults at Saint Philibert are unusual in that they are _______________ . 1.! transverse, 2. barrel vaults, 3. groin vaults, 4. five in number rather than four 50. A probable structural reason for this vault arrangement is that it _______________ . 1. makes the vaults shorter, 2.! eliminates the lateral thrust on the nave walls, 3. makes the vaults lighter, 4. eliminates the thrust on the end walls