Quiz  /  History of Architecture Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which architect wrote I quattro libri dell'architettura (1570; The Four Books of Architecture)?

  • Sinan
  • Andrea Palladio
  • Michelangelo
  • Benedetto Antelami

  • 2. 
    Which emperor of India built the Taj Mahal?

  • Shah Jahan
  • Akbar
  • Aurangzeb
  • Jahangir

  • 3. 
    Which architect was an important participant in the Catalan Renaixensa?

  • Ángel Guimerá
  • Antoni Gaudí
  • Santiago Calatrava
  • Joan Miró

  • 4. 
    What is a baldachin in architecture?

  • a raised platform
  • a niche
  • a railing
  • a column-supported canopy

  • 5. 
    What is the name for the draped female figures that are used in place of columns as architectural supports?

  • pilasters
  • dryads
  • atlantes
  • caryatids

  • 6. 
    Who designed and built the White House in Washington, D.C.?

  • Pierre Charles L’Enfant
  • James Hoban
  • Benjamin Latrobe
  • Robert Mills

  • 7. 
    What architect and engineer invented machines expressly to aid in constructing the dome of the Florence cathedral (the Duomo)?

  • Donato Bramante
  • Andrea Orcagna
  • Luciano Laurana
  • Filippo Brunelleschi

  • 8. 
    What is the name for the decorated tiles that sometimes cover entire walls of buildings in Portugal, Spain, and places they colonized?

  • faience
  • azulejos
  • delftware
  • majolica

  • 9. 
    Which English architect is known for the planning of the Indian capital city of New Delhi?

  • Christopher Wren
  • Pierre Charles L’Enfant
  • Sir Edwin Lutyens
  • Gertrude Jekyll

  • 10. 
    What famous monument, apart from the Eiffel Tower, did Gustave Eiffel have a hand in designing?

  • Arc de Triomphe
  • Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Tower of London

  • 11. 
    The Amalienborg, residence of the Danish royal family, exemplifies which style of architecture?

  • Gothic
  • Rococo
  • Baroque
  • Renaissance

  • 12. 
    What was the world’s tallest human-made structure from 1899 to 1929?

  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Chrysler Building
  • Empire State Building

  • 13. 
    Which of these architectural styles began in the United States?

  • Stuart
  • Regency
  • Prairie
  • Tudor

  • 14. 
    Who designed the Lincoln Memorial?

  • Henry Bacon
  • Edwin Landseer
  • Ossip Zadkine
  • Alvar Aalto

  • 15. 
    Which architectural monument commemorates the Great Fire of London?

  • the Monument
  • Westminster Abbey
  • London Bridge
  • Big Ben

  • 16. 
    In architecture and decoration, what is a swag?

  • a carved decoration
  • a metalworking tool
  • a support
  • a type of bridge
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