Test 1: Questions

Question 1

The primary difference between a Greek and Roman temple was?

Answer 1

A change to a frontal, axial approach.

Question 2

The Harrapan culture is an early example of a culture that produced?

Answer 2

Orthogonal city planning.

Question 3

What changed from the Greek to Roman temples?

Answer 3

1. Shape of the cella.
2. The site and approach planning.
3. Alter located from outside to inside.
4. Proportion of width to depth.

Question 4

What rivers were home to an urbanized culture by the beginning of the first millennium BCE?

Answer 4

1. Tigris
2. Nile
3. Indus
4. Euphrates

Question 5

The Greek deity of wisdom is?

Answer 5

Athena

Question 6

What is the primary difference between the Hellenic and the Hellenistic theater?

Answer 6

The addition of a proskene.

Question 7

Who was the Greek mother goddess?

Answer 7

Hera

Question 8

What elements are always present in the archetypal Mesopotamian temple?

Answer 8

1. Offering table
2. A platform raising the temple above the ground
3. A niche to house the statue of the patron deity

Question 9

Why was Queen Hatshepsut’s funerary complex important in the history of built form?

Answer 9

It took a new and innovative approach to site planning.

Question 10

How is the Pantheon best described?

Answer 10

A symbol of Imperial Rome and its place in the cosmos.