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Buildings Across Time
Chapter 1
Multiple Choice
1. The orientation of the passageway at Newgrange seems to have been based on
a. ancient pathways
b. the direction of sunlight on the winter solstice
c. an understanding of true north
d. the relationship of the site to Stonehenge
e. none of these
answer: b
2. The principal building material for Mesopotamian ziggurats was
a. glazed brick
b. sun-dried brick
c. tamped earth
d. sandstone
e. c and d
answer: b
3. A trilithon at Stonehenge consists of
a. three coffin-sized stone slabs used as an altar
b. a vertical sighting stone and two, horizon stones
c. two, upright stones capped by a lintel
d. three, concentric rings of ditches
e. none of these
answer: b
4. The most common Mesopotamian house type
a. made use of a cella
b. was built from glazed brick
c. was based on the Persian house
d. had a courtyard at its core
e. a and b
answer: d
5. All of the following civilizations operated in Mesopotamia except the
a. Sumerian
b. Achaean
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c. Babylonian
d. Hittite
e. Assyrian
answer: b
6. At Persepolis, the Persians borrowed from the Egyptians by using
a. an obelisk
b. a hypostyle hall
c. a megaron
d. a trilithon
e. none of these
answer: b
7. Serdabs were small chambers for spirit offerings in
a. mastabas
b. pyramids
c. the sphinx
d. Persia
e. none of these
answer: a
8. The designer of the Djoser complex was
a. Djoser
b. Alexander the Great
c. Senmut
d. Imhotep
e. none of these
answer: d
9. Egyptian obelisks were
a. carved as a series of huge units and assembled atop one another on the site
b. moved on large barges
c. carved out as monoliths
d. rolled overland on huge, wheeled vehicles
e. b and c
answer: e
10. The Djoser pyramid was unique in the Old Kingdom in being
a. extremely steeply pitched
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Buildings Across Time
Chapter 1
Multiple Choice
1. The orientation of the passageway at Newgrange seems to have been based on
a. ancient pathways
b. the direction of sunlight on the winter solstice
c. an understanding of true north
d. the relationship of the site to Stonehenge
e. none of these
answer: b
2. The principal building material for Mesopotamian ziggurats was
a. glazed brick
b. sun-dried brick
c. tamped earth
d. sandstone
e. c and d
answer: b
3. A trilithon at Stonehenge consists of
a. three coffin-sized stone slabs used as an altar
b. a vertical sighting stone and two, horizon stones
c. two, upright stones capped by a lintel
d. three, concentric rings of ditches
e. none of these
answer: b
4. The most common Mesopotamian house type
a. made use of a cella
b. was built from glazed brick
c. was based on the Persian house
d. had a courtyard at its core
e. a and b
answer: d
5. All of the following civilizations operated in Mesopotamia except the
a. Sumerian
b. Achaean
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c. Babylonian
d. Hittite
e. Assyrian
answer: b
6. At Persepolis, the Persians borrowed from the Egyptians by using
a. an obelisk
b. a hypostyle hall
c. a megaron
d. a trilithon
e. none of these
answer: b
7. Serdabs were small chambers for spirit offerings in
a. mastabas
b. pyramids
c. the sphinx
d. Persia
e. none of these
answer: a
8. The designer of the Djoser complex was
a. Djoser
b. Alexander the Great
c. Senmut
d. Imhotep
e. none of these
answer: d
9. Egyptian obelisks were
a. carved as a series of huge units and assembled atop one another on the site
b. moved on large barges
c. carved out as monoliths
d. rolled overland on huge, wheeled vehicles
e. b and c
answer: e
10. The Djoser pyramid was unique in the Old Kingdom in being
a. extremely steeply pitched
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