Quiz: What Do You Know About Early Christian Architectures?
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This quiz is based on the early architectures of Christianity and in the reign of Constantine the Great how Christianity started to dominate Rome. So, if you are a history scholar or just want to test your knowledge of historical Christian architecture, then take this quiz right away.
- 1.Fish:
- 2.Semi-circular space in front of nave:
- 3.Placed at the center of the nave:
- 4.Prohibition of icons in representational human form:
- 5.Inverted concave triangles
- 6.... art pertaining to those produced by the early Christians until the founding of the Byzantine empire.
- 7.Made the Christianity the official religion in Rome:
- A.
Licinus
- B.
Constantine
- C.
Julius Ceasar
- D.
Pope
- 8.Social influence, he was the prime character but was not proclaimed emperor, he removed his empire from Rome to Byzantium and developed a new type of architecture.
- A.
Constantine
- B.
Ceasar IV
- C.
Itcinus
- D.
Licinus
- 9.Important features of early Christian architecture are:
- Ribbed vaulting
- Arcade
- Campanile
- Archivolt
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Semi circular arches
- A.
Ribbed vault
- B.
Archivolt
- C.
Rainbow arch
- D.
Multilayered arch
- 11.Largest and most impressive among all Basilican churches
- A.
St. Peter Basilica
- B.
St. Paolo Fuori Le Mura
- C.
St. Paul Cathedral
- D.
St. Vitale Church
- 12.Dedicated to the martyrdom of St. Peter the architect was Constantine:
- A.
St. Peter Basilica
- B.
St. Paolo Fuori Le Mura
- C.
Church of Nativity Bethlehem
- D.
Church of Holy Sepulchre
- 13.Founded by Constantine, built over traditional birth of Christ:
- A.
St. Peter Basilica
- B.
St. Paolo Fuori Le Mura
- C.
Church of Nativity Bethlehem
- D.
Church of Holy Sepulchre
- 14.Founded by Constantine, built over the reputed Church of Christ:
- A.
St. Peter Basilica
- B.
St. Paolo Fuori Le Mura
- C.
Church of Nativity Bethlehem
- D.
Church of Holy Sepulchre
- 15.Earliest building of cruciform plan "tomb"
- A.
Tomb of Galla Placidia, Ravenna
- B.
Tomb of Ravenna
- C.
Tomb of Galla Placide, De Ravenna
- D.
Tomb of Placidia
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