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In Buddhist architecture, a
monumental structure containing relics
of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint.
a. torus
b. chaitya
c. dagoba
d. stambhas
2. In Buddhist architecture, a
monumental structure containing relics
of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint.
a. torus
b. chaitya
c. dagoba
d. stambhas
3. Architecture that seeks to arrive at
new forms of expression by turning
away from structural restraints and
functional and thematic hierarchies,
and toward often nonrectangular,
fantastic, and seemingly disjointed
designs. Such work often represents
an application of the philosophical
theories of Jacques Derrida in France,
who sought to arrive at new insights in
literature by breaking apart literary
texts into their contradictory and
hidden components of meaning; this
philosophy has been applied in the
late 20th century to architectural
structures.
a. deconstructivist
b. postmodernism
c. structuralism
d. futurism
4. A classical temple having two rows of
free columns, rather than a single row,
surrounding the cella

a. peripteral
b. pseudo-peripteral
c. antis
d. dipteral

5. Having two columns in front; used in


describing a classical building.
a. distyle
b. amphi-prostyle
c. dipteral
d. naos
6. The second of the three phases of
English Gothic architecture, from
ca.1280 to after 1350, preceded by
Early English style and followed by the
Perpendicular style; characterized by
rich decoration and tracery, multiple
ribs and liernes, and often ogee
arches.
a. Early English Gothic style
b. Decorated style
c. Perpendicular Gothic
d. Late English Gothic style
7. Said of a structure whose physical
behavior characteristics are timerelated, i.e., are nonstatic.
a. ecstatic
b. vibrant
c. dynamic
d. active
8. Unventilated air space within a
structure, as in a shaft, ceiling, or
hollow wall.
a. Mobile insulation
b. air-space
c. dead-air space
d. insulator

9. One of a band of small, square, toothlike blocks forming part of the


characteristic ornamentation of the
Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite
orders, and sometimes the Doric.
a. pediment
b. rafter
c. frieze

d. dentil

10. Said of a Classical building portico


having fourteen columns in the front or
end row.
a. decatetrastyle
b. pseudoperipteral
c. dodecastyle
d. dipteral

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