Test Bank For Buildings Across time 4th Edition By Michael Fazio

Chapter 1

Multiple Choice

1. The orientation of the passageway at Newgrange seems to have been based on
2. ancient pathways
3. the direction of sunlight on the winter solstice
4. an understanding of true north
5. the relationship of the site to Stonehenge
6. none of these

answer: b

2. The principal building material for Mesopotamian ziggurats was
3. glazed brick
4. sun-dried brick
5. tamped earth
6. sandstone
7. c and d

answer: b

3. A trilithon at Stonehenge consists of
4. three coffin-sized stone slabs used as an altar
5. a vertical sighting stone and two, horizon stones
6. two, upright stones capped by a lintel
7. three, concentric rings of ditches
8. none of these

answer: b

4. The most common Mesopotamian house type
5. made use of a cella
6. was built from glazed brick
7. was based on the Persian house
8. had a courtyard at its core
9. a and b

answer: d

5. All of the following civilizations operated in Mesopotamia except the
6. Sumerian
7. Achaean
8. Babylonian
9. Hittite
10. Assyrian

answer: b