$$$1. Choose the correct variant. Architecture should fulfill the practical and expressive requirements of … people.
$$ civilized
$ common
$ primitive
$ practical
$$$2. Choose the correct variant. Who does this saying belong to?
"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of forms under the light".
$$ Le Corbusier
$ Vitruvius
$ Frank O. Gehry
$ Alevisio Novi
$$$3. Choose the correct variant. The architect usually begins to work …
$$ the site type and cost of a building have been determined
$ a project of a building has been made
$ the choice of materials has been made
$ cost of a building have been determined
$$$4. Choose the correct variant. During the Old Kingdom Egypt … by the kings of the 3rd to 6th Dynasties.
$$ was ruled
$ was ruling
$ have ruled
$ will rule
$$$5. Choose the correct variant. The sun temples were built … the 5th Dynasty.
$$ by
$ into
$ on
$ from
$$$6. Choose the correct variant. Techniques of working in stone, wood and metal made tremendous progress, demonstrated by … monuments.
$$ surviving large scale
$ benefit
$ great
$ simple
$$$7. Choose the correct definition to the word: Dome
$$ It is a roof shaped like a half sphere.
$ It is a semicircular room at the end of the central aisle of a church. The altar usually stands here.
$ It is a kind of apartment building.
$ It is a column that is partly attached to a wall or a pillar.
$$$8. Choose the correct variant. What is an insula?
$$ a kind of apartment building
$ a kind of theatre
$ a kind of hospital
$ a kind of shrine
$$$9. Choose the correct variant. To make buildings … and comfortable, the architect must control the effects of natural environment.
$$ habitable
$ habitual
$ hospitable
$ practice
$$$10. Choose the correct variant. What is the main function of architecture?
$$ to fulfill the practical and expressive requirements of civilized people
$ a primitive struggle with the elements
$ a defence against the natural environment
$ the benefits of a human environment
$$$11. Choose the correct variant. The Ptolemies built numerous temples … the island of Philae.
$$ on
$ above
$ in
$ under
$$$12. Choose the correct variant. Find the English equivalents: художники и ремесленники
$$ artists and craftsmen
$ painters and survivors
$ artists and rulers
$ artists and builders
$$$13. Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis means …
$$ upper town
$ a platform
$ front elevation
$ a monumental gateway
$$$14. Choose the correct variant. The Parthenon was built by…
$$ an anonymous architect
$ Imhotep
$ Ictinus
$ Callicrates
$$$15. Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis is the gem of … architecture.
$$ world
$ contemporary
$ African
$ American
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$$$16. Choose the correct variant. The Acropolis … on a low rocky hill.
$$ stands
$ stood
$ was standing
$ are standing
$$$17. Choose the correct variant. Next to the Parthenon is another …, the Erechtheum.
$$ shrine
$ huts
$ court house
$ guardhouse
$$$18. Find the English equivalent: шедевр мировой архитектуры
$$ the masterpiece of world architecture
$ the magic of world architecture
$ the might of world architecture
$ the sense of world architecture
$$$19. Choose the correct variant. The Propylaea … by Mnesicles.
$$ was designed
$ designed
$ is designed
$ has been designed
$$$20. Choose the correct variant. There are … types of orders in architecture.
$$ 5
$ 7
$ 6
$ 4
$$$21. Choose the correct variant. The Doric, Ionic and the Corinthian orders were invented by …
$$ Greeks
$ Germans
$ Nomads
$ Indians
$$$22. Choose the correct variant. Its caryatid porch makes use of an old Oreintal motif that … earlier.
$$had appeared
$appear
$has appear
$appears
$$$23. Choose the correct variant. Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving examples of …architecture.
$$ Byzantine
$ Egyptian
$ ancient Greek
$ Roman
$$$24. Choose the correct variant. The Doric order changed little … its history.
$$ throughout
$ by
$ in
$ at
$$$25. Choose the correct variant. What is the only remained wonder of the world?
$$the pyramids of the 4th Dynasty kings
$ the pyramids of the 5th Dynasty kings
$ the pyramids of the 3th Dynasty kings
$ the pyramids of the 6th Dynasty kings
$$$26. Choose the correct variant. What is the insula?
$$ great blocks of flats or tenements
$ house on a tree
$ blocks of unusual houses
$ open area
$$$27. Choose the correct variant. The Great Sphinx has a crouching body of a lion and …
$$ a human face
$ a dragon’s head
$ a cow’s head
$ a dog’s head
$$$28. Choose the correct variant. Give the English equivalent: XV век нашей эры
$$ the 15th century AD
$ the 15th century BC
$ the 15th century AC
$ the 15th century CA
$$$29. Choose the correct variant. Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence: use, for, many, architects, computers, different, purposes
$$ Architects use computers for many different purposes.
$ Architects use computers for different many purposes.
$ Architects use computers for purposes many different.
$ Architects use for many different purposes computers.
$$$30 Choose the correct variant. Craftsmen …from wider contact with other civilization.
$$ benefited
$will benefit
$have benefited
$benefits
$$$31. Choose the correct term. The upper section of a classical order is a/an …
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$$ entablature
$ base
$ volute
$ collanade
$$$32. Choose the correct variant. Spiral ornaments are called…
$$ volutes
$ cornice
$ capital
$ frieze
$$$33. Choose the correct variant. A particular style of column with its entablature having standardized details is …
$$ order
$ colonnade
$ facade
$ cornice
$$$34. Choose the correct variant. For the first time the Corinthian order was used for…
$$ temple exteriors
$ theatres
$ residential structures
$excavations
$$$35. Choose the correct variant. In its general proportions the Corinthian is very like …
$$ the Ionic
$ the Tuscan
$ the Doric
$ the Corinthian
$$$36. Choose the correct variant. Wooden pillars were replaced … stone ones.
$$by
$ on
$ in
$ within
$$$37. Choose the right term to the following definition: The flat, middle portion of an entablature (sometimes decorated).
$$ frieze
$ domus
$ basilica
$ forum
$$$38. Choose the right term to the following definition: A rectangular room with an opening in the roof to the sky.
$$ atrium
$ rotunda
$ villa
$ domus
$$$39. Choose the correct variant. The Colosseum was the most important …
$$ theatre of ancient Rome
$ temple of antiquity
$ amphitheatre of ancient Greece
$ sumptuous residence
$$$40. Choose the correct variant. The Romans … freely the elements of earlier styles.
$$ used
$ built
$ differed
$ invented
$$$41. Choose the correct variant. Insulae … on the light from the exterior and a central court.
$$ depended
$ influenced
$ gave
$ determined
$$$42. Choose the correct variant. The Pantheon is … surviving temple of antiquity.
$$ the greatest
$ greatest
$ greater
$ the greater
$$$43. Choose the right term to the following definition: Blocks of flats.
$$ insulae
$ order
$ porticos
$ domus
$$$44. Choose the correct variant. Suburban or country house is …
$$ a villa
$ an interior
$ a thermae
$ a façade
$$$45. Choose the correct variant. The largest and important amphitheatre Colosseum’s 80 entrances were so arranged…
$$ that the building could be cleared quickly.
$ others are known in fragments and by theoretical restoration
$ circular temple of antiquity
$ separate entrances with direct access to the street
$$$46. Choose the correct variant. Colonnaded court is …
$$a peristyle
$ an entablature
$ an atrium
$ a rotunda
$$$47. Choose the correct variant. The …leaf was used as a decorative motif on the Corinthian capital and later on the Composite capital.
$$ acanthus
$ rose
$ birch
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$ maple
$$$48. Choose the correct variant. The elements of earlier styles were used by the Romans.
$$ Roman architecture had little in common with earlier style.
$ The Romans preferred spatial composition
$ The Romans borrowed much from other civilizations.
$ The Romans preferred symmetrical composition.
$$$49. Choose the sentence with the same meaning. The Pantheon is the greatest structure of antiquity.
$$ The Pantheon is the masterpiece of antiquity.
$ The Pantheon is built of concrete.
$ The Pantheon is a circular temple.
$ The Pantheon consists of rotunda.
$$$50. Choose the correct variant. Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli was….
$$ a sumptuous residence with parks and gardens
$ a tenement house
$ a small country house
$ around colonnaded court
$$$51. Choose the correct variant. The rotunda and dome of the Pantheon are among the finest examples of …
$$ Roman concrete work
$ the architectural of the ancient Mediterranean world
$ contemporary architecture
$ of a circular temple
$$$52. Choose the correct variant. The bridges and aqueducts of the Romans rank among their greatest monuments.
$$ Roman technical works still strike imagination as the most perfect structures.
$ The law of perspective was discovered in Rome.
$ The best preserved bridge is that built by Augustus and Tiberius at Rimini.
$ The Romans were famous for their bridges and roads.
$$$53. Choose the correct variant. Imperial thermae had facilities for every gymnastic exercise.
$$ Grand baths were equipped with athletic facilities.
$ The Baths of Dicletian had accommodation for 3, 200 bathers.
$ Grand bathes featured luxurious interiors.
$ Grand baths were more than baths.
$$$54. Choose the correct variant. “De Architectura” is ….
$$ the main source of information on ancient architecture
$ others are known in fragments and by theoretical restoration
$ circular temple of antiquity
$ separate entrances with direct access to the street
$$$55. Choose the correct variant. Byzantine architecture of the period of Hagia Sophia is markedly concerned with…
$$ mathematics
$ biology
$ geography
$ history
$$$56. Choose the correct variant. The Byzantine style still survives among Greek and Orthodox communities.
$$ The works of the Byzantine style can be seen in Greek and Orthodox communities.
$ The Byzantine style influenced both the East and the West.
$ The vaulted centralized church was typical of the early Byzantine period.
$ The dominant Byzantine art was architecture.
$$$57. Choose the correct variant. The Byzantine churches …internally with thin marble ladoes and mosaics above.
$$ were covered
$ was covered
$ covered
$ is covered
$$$58. Choose the correct variant. Modern architecture … many factors specific to the country.
$$ takes into account
$ take into account
$ taking into account
$ is been taken into account
$$$59. Choose the correct variant. At the technical level the Gothic style is characterized by the ribbed vault, the flying buttress, and …
$$ the pointed arch
$ the round arch
$ the rotund arch
$ the triumphal arch
$$$60. Choose the correct variant. Gothic was essentially the style of … countries.
$$ European
$ Asian
$ Arabian
$ Asia Minor
$$$61. Choose the correct variant. The title the “first Gothic building” is given to…
$$ the abbey of Saint-Denis
$ Westminster abbey
$ King’s College Chapel
$ Windsor
$$$62 Choose the sentence with the same meaning. The Gothic style developed in most countries of Europe.
$$ Gothic is represented in many European countries.
$ The Gothic style was associated with barbarian north.
$ Paris-for much of this period the home of a powerful and artistically enlightened court- played an especially important role in the history of Gothic style.
$ English Gothic came to an end with the final flowering of the Perpendicular style.
$$$63. Choose the right synonym for the following word: barbarian
$$ uncivilized
$ important
$ strong
$ fashionable
$$$64. Choose the right synonym for the following word: cathedral
$$ church
$ nave
$ palace
$ facade
$$$65. Choose the correct variant. For the classical antiquity and for the Renaissance the … the basic element of architectural design.
$$ order
$ asymmetry
$ the effect of illusionism
$ pediment
$$$66. Choose the correct variant. The first building in the Renaissance manner was …
$$ the loggia of the Ospedale degli Innocenti
$ Tempietto San Pietro
$ PalazzoMedici-Riccardi
$ St. Paul’s Cathedral
$$$67. Choose the correct variant. The cathedral of the Assumption was built by …
$$ Aristotile Fioravante
$ Novi
$ Bernini
$ Bramante
$$$68. Choose the right term to the following definition: a monumental church
$$ cathedral
$ cella
$ arcade
$ entablature
$$$69. Choose the right term to the following definition: the Renaissance style
$$ the rebirth of classical art and learning
$ a system of traditional architectural units
$ an arcaded gallery
$ enclosed interior sanctuary
$$$70. Choose the right term to the following definition: enclosed interior sanctuary
$$ cella
$ insula
$ villa
$ arcade
$$$71. Replace the word in italics by synonyms. The most influential building in the new fashion was the choir of Canterbury cathedral.
$$ structure
$ arch
$ abbey
$ tracery
$$$72. Choose the correct variant. This style was termed Gothic during the Renaissance because of …
$$ its association with the barbarian north
$ the late phase of Flamboyant
$ the Renaissance in the 15th century
$ rich decoration and tracery
$$$73. Choose the correct variant. The Tempietto is … in plan
$$ circular
$ immediate
$ massive
$ rectangular
$$$74. Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance developed …
$$ Italy
$ France
$ England
$ Germany
$$$75. Choose the correct variant. The Renaissance is characterized by measured expression and definition of …
$$ architectural space
$ pointed arch
$ spherical pendetives
$ Composite columns
$$$76. Choose the correct variant. The term “Baroque” was used by philosophers …
$$ during the Middle Ages
$ during the period Enlightenment
$ during the reign of Justinian
$in ancient times
$$$77. Choose the correct variant. Baroque architecture was a means of propagating …in church and in the state.
$$ faith
$ atheism
$ anarchism
$ realism
$$$78. Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier’s formulas of architectural typology are: the pilotis, roof terraces, free plan, continuous window strips and …
$$ free façade composition
$ complexity of forms
$ simplicity of forms
$ conspicuous use of decoration
$$$79. Choose the correct variant. Vivid colours were … by pastel shades.
$$ replaced
$ chosen
$ created
$ put
$$$80. Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Churches and palaces still exhibited an integration of the tree arts.
$$ displayed
$ divided
$ showed
$ given
$$$81. Choose the right synonym to the word in italics. Interior and exterior space entertained and captured with imagination by intricacy and subtlety.
$$ arrested
$ avoided
$ violated
$ refined
$$$82. Choose the correct variant. The word ‘Baroque’ was used to … imperfectly shaped pearl.
$$ describe
$ resemble
$ concern
$ provide
$$$83. Choose the correct variant. The classism that … in the period of 1750-1830 is often known as Neoclassism.
$$ flourished
$ organized
$ ordered
$ were
$$$84. Choose the right The center of international Neoclassism was…
$$ Rome
$ Paris
$ Florence
$ Constantinople
$$$85. Choose the correct variant. As the Baroque…, so Neoclassism corresponded with the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason.
$$ was the style of absolutism
$ were the style of absolutism
$ was the style of nature
$ was the style of objects
$$$86 Choose the correct variant. What does Art Nouveau exploit?
$$ It exploits craft skills using coloured materials.
$ The style exploits the effects of illusionism.
$ The artists of Nouveau imitate past styles.
$ It exploits effects of nature.
$$$87 Choose the correct variant. Art Nouveau was inspired by Ruskin, Morris and Oskar Wilde.
$$ Ruskin, Morris and Oskar Wilde were inspirers of Art Nouveau.
$ Art Nouveau was an aesthetic undertaking.
$ The echoes of Gothic had a considerable effect on the age and emerged in some Art Nouveau works.
$ Ruskin, Morris and Oskar Wilde were against the Art Nouveau.
$$$88. Choose the correct variant. Who were the greatest architects of Art Nouveau?
$$ August Endell, Charles R. Mackintosh and Antonio Gaudi among those who created this style.
$ Filippo Brunelleschi is supposed to be its initiator.
$ Carlo Rossi is one of the greatest representatives of the ‘modern style’.
$ August Endell, Charles R. Mackintosh and Frederic Stowasser among those who created this style.
$$$89. Choose the correct variant. According to Le Corbusier, ‘the house should be as practically constructed as …’
$$ a type-writer
$ a TV-set
$ a refrigerator
$ a simple srucure
$$$90. Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier… the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North African cities.
$$ worked out
$ endured
$ played
$ spread
$$$91. Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier’s advanced the ‘Modulor’ in to determine the proportions of …
$$ building units
$ machines
$ terrain
$ simple forms
$$$92. Choose the correct variant. Le Corbusier was the … figure internationally in modern architecture from 1920 to 1960.
$$ dominant
$ foreign
$ possible
$ impossible
$$$92. Choose the correct variant. What are Le Corbusier’s ‘five points for a new architecture’?
$$ the pilotis, roof terraces, free plan, continuous window strips, free façade composition
$ the pilotis, roof terraces, strict plan, continuous window strips, free façade composition
$ the pilotis, roof terraces, free plan, continuous window frames, free façade composition
$ the pilotis, an opening in the roof, free plan, continuous window strips, free façade composition
$$$93 Choose the correct variant. Greek architects were employed by the Romans; they ….their taste and mode of design conform to those of their conquerors much more readily than we can imagine they would.
$$ must have made
$ can have made
$ could have made
$ had have made
$$$94. Choose the correct variant. Ancient Greek architecture … by its highly formalized characteristics, both of structure and decoration.
$$ is distinguished
$ is distinguishing
$ will be distinguishing
$ is going distinguished
$$$95. Choose the synonym to the word in italic. The building structure was lightened to render interiors graceful and ethereal.
$$ to make
$ to open
$ to have
$ to combine
$$$96. Choose the correct variant. Constructivism used concrete, steel, and …
$$ glass to organize planes and volumes in an extremely formal expression.
$ glass to organize planes and volumes in an extremely informal expression.
$ glass to organize planes and spaces in an extremely formal expression.
$ glass to organize planes and buildings in an extremely formal expression.
$$$97. Choose the correct variant: The aim of visual art is … a complete, homogeneous physical environment in which all the arts have their places.
$$ to create
$ to destroy
$ to exclude
$ to punish
$$$98. Choose the correct term to the definition: Pertaining to the present time.
$$ modern
$ workshop
$ crafts
$ cubism
$$$99. Choose the correct term to the definition: the redutionary phase of the Modern art movement.
$$ cubism
$ mannerism
$ atheism
$ surrealism
$$$100. The Rococo developed in the early part of the 18th century in Paris, France as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry and strict regulations of the Baroque, especially that of the …….
$$ Palace of Versailles
$ Palace of Westminster
$ Palace of Whitehall
$ Palace of Caserta
$$$ 101. Rococo rooms …… as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings.
$$ were designed
$ was designed
$ be designed
$ will be designed
$$$102. Choose the right answer: Constantinople was established in 330 AD by......
$$ the Emperor Constantine
$ the Emperor Justinian
$ the Emperor Augustus
$ the Emperor Conville
$$$103. Choose the correct variant. Saint Petersburg was founded by the Tsar Peter the Great ….
$$ on the 27th of May, 1703.
$ on the 30th of May, 1703.
$ on the 25th of May, 1703.
$ on the 24th of May, 1703.
$$$104. Find the right term to this definition: The art or science of building; specifically: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones.
$$ architecture
$ power engineering
$ technology of wood processing
$ aviation
$$$105. Choose the correct variant. Small true brick arches first appeared in…
$$ in Mesopotamia and Egypt
$ Byzantium
$ Greece
$ Italy
$$$106. Choose the correct variant. Early cast-iron arches of the late 18th and early 19th centuries all closely resembled…
$$ braced timber arches
$ true brick arches
$ reinforced concrete arches
$ steel arches
$$$107. Choose the right term to the following definition: A draped female statue used as a column in classical architecture.
$$ caryatid
$ arch
$ porch
$ temple
$$$108. Choose the right definition to the following term: Column
$$ It is an upright structure designed to support a weight above.
$ It is a roof shaped like a half sphere.
$ It is a semicircular room at the end of the central aisle of a church.
$ Itis a horizontal beam that is supported at one end and is free at the other end.
$$$109. Choose the correct variant. The Ascension Cathedral, also known as Zenkov Cathedral，is … Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
$$ a Russian
$ a Roman
$ an Egyptian
$ an Asian
$$$110. Choose the correct variant. The Ascension Cathedral in Almaty is the …tallest wooden building in the world
$$ second
$ first
$ third
$ fourth
$$$111. Choose the correct variant. The top three floors of student hostel …now.
$$ is being decorated
$ was being decorated
$ were being decorated
$ had been decorated
$$$112. Choose the right term to the definition: A person skilled in building with stone or brick.
$$ mason
$ plasterer
$ plumber
$ electrician
$$$113. Choose the right term to the definition: The place where Muslim people have religious services.
$$ mosque
$ dome
$ aisle
$ capital
$$$114. Choose the correct variant: Byzantine architecture had …
$$ enormous influence on the architecture of Western Europe.
$ no influence on the architecture of Western Europe.
$ any influence on the architecture of Western Europe.
$ little influence on the architecture of Western Europe.
$$$115. Choose the correct variant. Architecture… designing and planning buildings.
$$ deals with
$ deal with
$ dealing with
$ is dealing with
$$$116. Choose the correct variant. In prehistoric times people … shelter where they could live.
$$ used to find
$ using to find
$ uses to find
$ use to finding
$$$117. Choose the correct variant. Technical requirements in architecture … day to day now.
$$ are growing
$ grows
$ grow
$ will have grew
$$$118. Choose the correct variant. Many architectural projects usually … from financial problems.
$$ suffer
$ is suffering
$ is suffered
$ suffers
$$$119. Choose the correct variant. The architect says he … the design by the next Saturday.
$$ will have finished
$ finishes
$ will be finishing
$ will had finished
$$$120. Choose the correct variant. Landscape architects design the areas so they are not only functional but also beautiful and harmonious with….
$$ the natural environment
$ the human environment
$ the primary environment
$ the primitive environment
$$$121. Choose the correct variant. The effects of sun, wind and rainfall are controlled …
$$ by the arrangements of the axes of building and their parts
$ aesthetical usage of spaces
$ the height of a building
$ the width of a building
$$$122. Choose the right answer: Robert Adam is one of the outstanding representatives of Neoclassicism …….
$$ in England
$ in Spain
$ in Italy
$ in Moscow
$$$123. Choose the right answer: Architects …… clients who often come with particular problems that are often addressed in conventional ways.
$$ are often approached by
$ are often developed by
$ are often come by
$ are often approached with
$$$124. Choose the right answer: The architecture ……both historical precedent and modern technology.
$$ embraces
$ embrace
$ be embraced
$ was embrace
$$$ 125. Choose the right answer: Architecture …..designing and planning buildings.
$$ deals with
$ deals on
$ deals under
$ dealing with
$$$126. Choose the right answer: Italian contemporary architecture ……to architecture in Italy during the last decade.
$$ refers
$ hates
$ ruins
$ counts
$$$127. Choose the right answer: …… angles are fixed across the ends of the beams.
$$ Steel
$ rope
$ slay
$ concrete
$$$128. Choose the right answer: In the early part of the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians built mainly ……, a kind of tomb with a flat roof like a house.
$$ mastabas
$ domus
$ bricks
$ lanterns
$$$129. Choose the right answer: ……buildings often lack decorations and utilize smooth lines, creating a streamlined, clean look.
$$ Functionalist
$ Gothic
$ mannerist
$ luxurious
$$$130. Choose the right answer: The houses have……, modern architecture with spacious roof patios and balconies.
$$ austere
$ complicated
$ luxurious
$ decorated
$$$131. Choose the right answer: The mural subsequently became a significant art form throughout the modern Western world. In the Reformation, Catholic churches …… statuary, paintings and traditional symbols.
$$ were stripped of
$ was stripped of
$ will be stripped of
$ has been stripped of
$$$132. Choose the right answer: Ionic columns …… modern design to convey elegance.
$$ are used in
$ is used in
$ has been used in
$ was used in
$$$133. Choose the right answer: The architect designed a full height glass ribbon that …… the perimeter wall through the reception area of the hotel and ended at the entrance.
$$ curved from
$ curved at
$ curved under
$ curved down
$$$134. Choose the right answer: Curtain walls are a popular building …… for many commercial buildings.
$$ enclosure
$ fence
$ guard
$ fencing
$$$135. Choose the right answer: The small central building …… two astonishing interesting arches. The girders support smaller beams.
$$ was girded by
$ was girded with
$ were girded by
$ was girded into
$$$136. Choose the right answer: This is the first book in English …… the extent to which modern architecture flourished in this country.
$$ to reveal
$ conceal
$ disclose
$ close
$$$137. Choose the right answer: …… made it possible to build very tall buildings.
$$ The steel skeleton
$ The brick skeleton
$ The glass skeleton
$ The marble skeleton
$$$138. Choose the right answer: The roof clearly …… itself for the building skeleton.
$$ distinguishes
$ different
$ underestimate
$ undifferentiated
$$$139. Choose the right answer: Modernist architecture …… as an appropriate residential style in Europe.
$$ has been accepted
$ is been accepted
$ will been accepted
$ has be accepted
$$$140. Choose the right answer: …… is an 1889 iron tower located in Paris that has become one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
$$ The Eiffel Tower
$ The Tower of Pisa
$ The Chinese Tower
$ The Brown Tower
$$$141. Choose the right answer:...... not only acts as a cementing material but also impart strength to the work by holding individual bricks together.
$$ mortar
$ lath
$ wainscot
$ sorter
$$$142. Choose the right answer: To create a safe city free from natural disasters has been one of the important criteria in …….
$$ city planning
$ education
$ economics
$ teaching
$$$143. Choose the right answer: The parks provide the safety of the …… and keep the city border.
$$ ecological balance
$ ecological imbalance
$ ecological meaning
$ ecological standard
$$$144. Choose the right answer: …… is characterized by magnificence, grandeur and richness in invention, design and, usually, in scale.
$$ Baroque architecture
$ Rococo architecture
$ Modern architecture
$ Neoclassical architecture
$$$145. Choose the right answer: In general, ancient town planning used not merely the straight line and the right angle but the two …….
$$ together
$ separately
$ numbers
$ both
$$$ 146. Choose the right answer: Modern structures play unique and important role in the …… of modern architecture.
$$ development and acceptance
$ renovation and acceptance
$ development and destroy
$ restoration and acceptance
$$$147. Choose the right answer: Turkistan is one of Kazakhstan's historic cities with an archaeological record …to the 4th century.
$$ dating back
$ going back
$ landing back
$ putting back
$$$148. Choose the right answer: A proposal to erect four skyscrapers in the town …… considerable concern among the town planning staff.
$$ has caused
$ have caused
$ has cause
$ has be caused
$$$149. Choose the right answer: New York and Los Angeles are America’s most …… cities.
$$ congested
$ crowdedness
$ packed
$ overflowing
$$$150. Choose the right answer: Urban …… fall into one of five major categories: residential, mixed residential – commercial, commercial, industrial and special.
$$ zones
$ departments
$ categories
$ sites
$$$151. Choose the right answer: Some planning strategies …… declining town centers.
$$ were designed to revitalize
$ were design to revitalize
$ were designed revitalizing
$ has designed to revitalize
$$$152. Choose the right answer: City planning for land use and transportation in the public interest is helpful …… all communities and neighborhoods.
$$ to
$ at
$ from
$ up
$$$153. Choose the right answer: ……, one of the wealthiest cities due to its control of the Adriatic Sea, also became a centre for Renaissance culture, especially architecture.
$$ Venice
$ London
$ Rome
$ China
$$$154. Choose the right answer: A two – storey building …… in a congested urban area where site availability is limited.
$$ may be planned
$ may been planned
$ may were planned
$ may being planned
$$$155. Choose the right answer: In Germany, Gropius …… mechanistic direction.
$$ followed
$ was following
$ follow
$ following
$$$156. Choose the right answer: Distinguished architects of the …… style, such as Mackintosh, Behrens and the Viennese masters became pioneers of modern architecture.
$$ Art Nouveau style
$ Gothic style
$ Baroque style
$ Renaissance style
$$$157. Choose the right answer: At Weimar, Gropius developed a firm philosophy about architecture and …...
$$ Education
$ Policy
$ Ecology
$ Science
$$$158. Choose the right answer: Frank O. Gehry is considered to be one of the proponents of …….
$$ impoverished technology
$ high cost technology
$ informational technology
$ eco-technology
$$$159. Choose the right answer: In spite of impressive works from the Romanesque and Renaissance periods, it is Gaudi's Modernism which attracts millions of visitors to …….
$$ Barcelona
$ Baroque
$ Bauhaus
$ Birma
$$$160. Choose the right answer: The architect of the Dome, …, is famous for such works as the Pompidou Center and Lloyd’s of London building.
$$ Richard Rogers
$ Reinhold Rogers
$ Richard Rits
$ Le Corbusier
$$$161. Choose the right answer: Zoning usually ……building design and very specific green space.
$$ includes
$ excludes
$ leaves out
$ shut off
$$$162. Choose the right answer: Modernism in architecture ……. simplification of form and subtraction of ornament from the structure and theme of the building.
$$ is broadly characterized by
$ is broadly divided by
$ is broadly shown with
$ broadly characterize by
$$$163. Choose the right answer: Small true brick arches appeared first in…..
$$ Mesopotamia and Egypt
$ Greece
$ Byzantium
$ Rome
$$$164. Choose the right answer: …….was a Swiss-born French architect and designer, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture.
$$ Le Corbusier
$ Richard Knill Freeman
$ Étienne-Louis Boullée
$ Luis Corbusier
$$$165. Choose the right answer: Modern architecture is a term applied to the movement and period in architectural history…
$$ during the 20th century
$ during the 21st century
$ during the 19th century
$ during the 18th century
$$$166. Choose the right answer: The thickness of the wall which is to be considered in evaluating the quantity of brickwork is called nominal thickness of a wall.
$$ to be considered in
$ to considered in
$ to be considered at
$ to being considered in
$$$167. Choose the right answer: The term …… is used to describe the simplified, unornamented building styles of the 20th century.
$$ “Modern architecture”
$ “Baroque architecture”
$ “Byzantine architecture”
$ “Greek architecture”
$$$168. Choose the right answer: The dome may be regarded as the three-dimensional counterpart of ……
$$ the arch
$ the column
$ the roof
$ the vault
$$$169. Choose the right answer: Ten tree tenants grow out of the windows of the KunstHausWren…...
$$ in Vienna
$ in Vena
$ in Venice
$ in Versailles
$$$170. Choose the synonym to the word “the chief”: The arch has been the chief
means of overcoming the spanning limitations of single blocks of stone.
$$ leading
$ brief
$ last
$ least
$$$171. Choose the right answer: Working with building architects, surveyors, and engineers, landscape architects help determine the best ……of roads and buildings.
$$ arrangement
$ supply
$ statement
$ summary
$$$172. Choose the right answer: The first basilica should have been built ……on the Forum in Rome.
$$ by Cato after 184 B.C.
$ by Cato after 194 B.C.
$ by Henry after 184 B.C.
$ by Cato after 186 B.C.
$$$173. Choose the right answer: Gothic architecture began ……with the intention of making churches look like heaven: soaring, colorful, and bright.
$$ in the middle of the 12th century
$ in the middle of the 9th century
$ in the middle of the 20th century
$ in the middle of the 18th century
$$$174. Choose the right answer: …... is a common architectural feature in large buildings, such as basilicas.
$$ A Byzantine column
$ A Byzantine basilica
$ A Byzantine arch
$ A Byzantine roof
$$$175. Choose the right answer: …..is notable for his large building complexes: Hampton Court Palace and Greenwich Hospital.
$$ Sir Christopher Wren
$ Sir Christopher Wright
$ Sir Christopher Warren
$ Sir Christian Wren
$$$176. Choose the right answer: The ……originated in France in the 12th century.
$$ Gothic style
$ Mannerism
$ Modern style
$ Rococo style
$$$177. Choose the right answer: The most typically …… is the Perpendicular style of the 15th century.
$$ English style of Gothic
$ French style of Gothic
$ Spanish style of Gothic
$ German style of Gothic
$$$178. Choose the right answer: In Gothic Architecture ……is used in every location where a vaulted shape is called for, both structural and decorative.
$$ the pointed arch
$ the passing arch
$ the pointing arch
$ the pointed beam
$$$179. Choose the right answer: A significant characteristic of Gothic architecture is …...
$$ height
$ weight
$ width
$ length
$$$180. Choose the right answer: ……are ingeniously inclined toward heaven, which divert the attention of the insignificant individual from the burden of earthbound matters.
$$ Gothic cathedrals
$ German cathedrals
$ Catholic cathedrals
$ Ancient cathedrals
$$$181. Choose the right answer: The origin of Gothic architectural design in the Arabian world began with a desire to create buildings and mosques that ……churches and other western-inspired structures.
$$ were different from
$ were different of
$ were different up
$ were different into
$$$182. Choose the right answer: ……employed a new type of intercolumniation with the use of columns in pairs, those of each pair almost touching.
$$ Renaissance architects
$ Gothic architects
$ Modern architects
$ Cubist architects
$$$183. Choose the right answer: The Renaissance of Classic architecture, which started in Italy in the fifteenth century, spread westwards throughout all those countries of Europe which …… the Western Roman Empire.
$$ had formed
$ has formed
$ have formed
$ will have formed
$$$184. Choose the right answer: Baroque architecture is more like ……, and the straight classical pillars are often twisted like a stick of barley sugar in baroque buildings.
$$ sculpture
$ architecture
$ house
$ exterior
$$$185. Choose the right answer: The Baroque architects were interested ……buildings dramatic and exciting to look at, and the work of architects such as Vignola and Bernini in Rome shows how exciting Baroque architecture could be.
$$ in making
$ in make
$ into making
$ through making
$$$186. Choose the right answer: In Gothic architecture ….. form the framework of the vaulting.
$$ the ribs
$ the vaults
$ the ribbons
$ the spans
$$$187. Choose the right answer: The only elements, …… in Gothic architecture, which were not covered, were vault ribs.
$$ which could be seen
$ which can be seen
$ where could be seen
$ what could seen
$$$188. Choose the right answer: Gothic architecture involved lots of ……of stained glass.
$$ big windows
$ big doors
$ big corridors
$ big aisles
$$$189. Choose the right answer: The last phase of Gothic architecture in France was more a form of ……than a style.
$$ decoration
$ moderation
$ perpendicular
$ restoration
$$$190. Choose the right answer: The pinnacle of Gothic art and architecture was exemplified by the French when they built ……in Paris.
$$ the Notre Dame Cathedral
$ the Notre Dame Dome
$ the Notre Dame House
$ the Notre Paris
$$$191. Choose the right answer: The lofty spires of Gothic cathedrals and massive fortifications of magnificent castles represent the pinnacle of building achievement…….
$$ in medieval Western Europe
$ in medieval Western Germany
$ in medieval Western South
$ in medieval Western Asia
$$$192. Choose the right answer: ……of International Gothic was developed during the 14th century.
$$ The complicated style
$ The composite style
$ The complete style
$ The modern style
$$$193. Choose the right answer: In some areas the Northern Renaissance ……the Italian Renaissance.
$$ was distinct from
$ were distinct from
$ be distinct at
$ was distinct of
$$$194. Choose the right answer: The frontal facades of Italian Renaissance buildings ……symmetrical.
$$ tend to be
$ tend to create
$ tend to do
$ tend to have
$$$195. Choose the right answer: A common feature of ……was the dome.
$$ Renaissance architecture
$ Early Christian architecture
$ Russian architecture
$ Byzantine Architecture
$$$196. Choose the right answer: A ……generally features a Peristyle, which is rarely seen in Renaissance work.
$$ temple-style structure
$ tomb-style structure
$ cathedral-style structure
$ stylish structure
$$$197. The Bauhaus school was founded by …… in Weimar.
$$ Walter Gropius
$ Charles Punchard
$ Herbert Maier
$ Mark Daniels,
$$$198. …… became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design.
$$ The Bauhaus style
$ The Gothic style
$ The Baroque style
$ The Rococo style
$$$299. An …… is a structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight below it.
$$ Arch
$ bend
$ bow
$ crook
$$$200. Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were …… to a wide range of structures.
$$ the first to apply the technique
$ the first to applied the technique
$ the first applying the technique
$ the first apply the technique
$$$201. A …… is a structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending.
$$ beam
$ shaft
$ ray
$ timber
$$$202. The ……, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium.
$$ Millennium Dome
$ Greenwich Dome
$ Greengage Dome
$ Green Dome
$$$203. Foundations, which are the lowest and supporting layers of a structure, are generally divided into two categories: shallow foundations and deep foundations.
$$ are generally divided into
$ are generally divided by
$ are generally divided to
$ are generally divided through
$$$204. The height of the …… is 55.86 metres (183.27 feet) from the ground on the low side and 56.67 metres (185.93 feet) on the high side.
$$ Tower of Pisa
$ Tower of Babel
$ Tower of Shadows
$ Tower of David
$$$205. Space frames were independently developed by …… around 1900 and …… in the 1950s.
$$ Alexander Graham Bell …. Buckminster Fuller
$ Alexander Graham Bell …. Ernest A. Davidson
$ Harry Langley …. Buckminster Fuller.
$ Alexander Graham Bell …. Ken Saunders
$$$206. Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, …… was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art.
$$ which
$ where
$ what
$ who
$$$207. Constructivism was a post-World War I development of Russian Futurism, and particularly of the 'counter reliefs' of Vladimir Tatlin, …… in 1915.
$$ which had been exhibited
$ which have been exhibited
$ which had be exhibited
$ which have exhibited
$$$208. The continuous slab ……a self-contained floor systems.
$$ constitutes
$ is constituted
$ constitute
$ will be constituted
$$$209. Today the reinforced-concrete slabs with or without projecting …… is the usual floor system.
$$ beams
$ loads
$ columns
$ floors
$$$210. Choose the right answer: Ornament is a decorative detail used ……parts of a building.
$$ to embellish
$ to be embellish
$ to being embellish
$ to embellished
$$$211. Choose the right answer: In France, the highly ornamented ……combines with Classical restraint.
$$ Baroque style
$ Gothic style
$ Rococo style
$ Modernism style
$$$212. Choose the right answer: Neoclassicism made a discovery of the…….
$$ genuine Roman interior
$ genuine Roman exterior
$ genuine Roman houses
$ genuine Roman records
$$$213. Choose the right answer: Classical architectural models were adapted ……different architectural forms.
$$ in a range of
$ in a range with
$ in a range out
$ in a range under
$$$214. Choose the right answer: Neoclassical architecture ranges from the rectilinear Georgian style to the more graceful, curvilinear mode devised by …….
$$ the Scottish designer Robert Adam
$ the Spanish designer Robert Adam
$ the German designer Robert Adam
$ the English designer Robert Adam
$$$215. Choose the right answer: The structure is composed of a steel frame with concrete ……
$$ slabs
$ columns
$ roofs
$ cushions
$$$216. Choose the right answer: The architect was brought to Denmark to complete the Marble Church…….
$$ in Copenhagen
$ in Colorado
$ in Columbia
$ in Kosovo
$$$217. Choose the right answer: Mannerism is the term applied to certain aspects of.......
$$ artistic style
$social life
$ scientific research
$ Gothic style
$$$218. Choose the right answer: The cathedral of the Assumption was built by.......
$$ Fioravante
$ Novi
$ Bernini
$ Peter
$$$219. Choose the right answer: In 1989 Frank O. Gehry was awarded with …….
$$ the Pritzker Architecture Prize
$ distinguished Architecture Award
$ the Builder’s Choice Grand Award
$ the Grand Award
$$$220. Choose the right answer: The ……unusual morphology, a typical typology and the surprising choice of materials were made possible by the comprehension of the clients.
$$ Schnabel Residence’s
$ Scottish Residence’s
$ Schuler Residence’s
$ Shandon Residence’s
$$$221. Choose the right answer: The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the most prestigious award for architectural……
$$ for architectural achievement presented to a living architect
$ for archaeological achievement presented to a living architect
$ for cultural achievement presented to a living architect
$ for historical achievement presented to a living architect
$$$222. Choose the right answer: A house in a row of houses which are all joined together.
$$ Terraced house
$ Bungalow
$ Council house
$ Detached house
$$$223. Choose the right answer: A house which stands alone and is not joined to any other.
$$ Detached house
$ Cottage
$ Semi-detached house
$ Terraced house
$$$224. Choose the right answer: A house which is joined to another on one side only.
$$ Semi-detached house
$ detached house
$ Terraced house
$ Bungalow
$$$225. Choose the right answer: A house which is rented from a local authority.
$$ Council house
$ Cottage
$ Semi-detached house
$ Terraced house
$$$226. Choose the right answer: A small house in the country, usually with a garden.
$$ Cottage
$ Bungalow
$ Council house
$ Detached house
$$$227. Choose the right answer: … is a mid-twentieth century architectural school that used substantial materials like concrete and repetitive geometric shapes.
$$ Brutalism
$ Blobiarchitecture
$ Deconstructivism
$ Novelty Architecture
$$$228. Choose the right answer: Hunderwasser (Friedrich Stowasser, 1928-2000) is ……famous for his introverted and poetic paintings, pictorial theories, “grammar of seeing” common architectural manifestos and an all encompassing protection of nature and the environment.
$$ an Austrian artist
$ an American artist
$ a Spanish painter
$ an Australian artist
$$$229. Choose the right answer: Clear measured expression and definition of architectural space and mass differentiates the Renaissance style from.......
$$ the Gothic style
$ the Rococo style
$ the Byzantine style
$ the Baroque style
$$$230. Choose the right answer: For the classical antiquity and for the Renaissance the...... was the basic element of architectural design.
$$ order
$ asymmetry
$ the effect of illusionism
$ shadow
$$$231. Choose the right answer: The Bauhaus became the most important centre of modern design until ……
$$ The Nazis closed it in 1933
$ The advent of Art Nouveau
$ The World War I
$ The World War II
$$$232. Choose the right answer: The Kinemax is inspired by……
$$ mineral forms
$ artificial fountains at Versailles
$ the constructivism motives
$ straight forms
$$$233. Choose the right answer: In the Kinemax the information is presented…... all the senses.
$$ through
$ by
$ with
$ for
$$$234. Choose the right answer:.….. is transformed into the exit of the Kinemax.
$$ The screen
$ The moviemaking
$ The picture
$ The movie
$$$235. Choose the right answer: The New York public library combines a modern expression ……the original design.
$$ with
$ under
$ without
$ out
$$$236. Choose the right answer: A shell may be…… in two directions.
$$ curved
$ added
$ taken
$ cut
$$$237. Choose the right answer: the term shell describes a spanning and space enclosing element of …… form.
$$ pyramidal
$ columnar
$ domed
$ bright
$$$238. Choose the right answer: The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the most prestigious award for architectural……
$$ for architectural achievement presented to a living architect
$ for archaeological achievement presented to a living architect
$ for cultural achievement presented to a living architect
$ for historical achievement presented to a living architect
$$$239. Choose the right answer: The ……unusual morphology, a typical typology and the surprising choice of materials were made possible by the comprehension of the clients.
$$ Schnabel Residence’s
$ Scottish Residence’s
$ Schuler Residence’s
$ Shandon Residence’s
$$$240. Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part: Lauren is studying to be a person who plans and designs buildings.
$$ an architect
$ a web designer
$ a civil engineer
$ an acoustic engineer