Question 1

Which church possesses the essential characteristics of English Gothic architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wells Cathedral
B)   Ely Cathedral
C)   York Cathedral
D)   Salisbury Cathedral

Question 2

The Royal Portal of Chartres was carved in which style?

Accepted Answer

A)   Late Romanesque
B)   High Gothic
C)   Late Gothic
D)   Early Gothic

Question 3

The High Gothic nave vault, as developed at Chartres, included which form?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dome
B)   Barrel vault
C)   Fan vault
D)   Four-part ribbed vault

Question 4

Which of the following is considered a masterpiece of the Rayonnant style?

Accepted Answer

A)   Reims Cathedral
B)   Saint-Denis
C)   Sainte-Chapelle
D)   Amiens Cathedral

Question 5

The tomb of which English monarch is located in Wells Cathedral?

Accepted Answer

A)   Tomb of William the Conqueror
B)   Tomb of Edward II
C)   Tomb of Blanche of Castile
D)   Tomb of Louis IX

Question 6

Who of the following coined the term Gothic ?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lorenzo Ghiberti
B)   Abbot Suger
C)   Giorgio Vasari
D)   Louis IX

Question 7

What feature, visible on Laon Cathedral, became standard on French Gothic facades?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fan vaulting
B)   Flying buttress
C)   A rose window
D)   Rounded archways

Question 8

What pose, associated with the "court style," was most typical of Late Gothic sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rigid frontality
B)   Contrapposto
C)   S-curve
D)   Chiasmus

Question 9

What innovative feature of Gothic cathedrals is an external support that counters the outward thrust of the nave vaults?

Accepted Answer

A)   Apsidal chapel
B)   Flying buttresses
C)   Triforium
D)   Tribune

Question 10

Which of the following provides the most stark contrast with the Naumburg donor statues?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bamberg Rider
B)   Röttgen Pietà
C)   Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux
D)   Death of the Virgin from Strasbourg Cathedral

Question 11

What is the distinctive feature of a hall church?

Accepted Answer

A)   The pilgrimage chapels
B)   Connected to monasteries
C)   Displayed a profusion of relics
D)   Side aisles as tall as the nave

Question 12

Images of Old Testament kings and queens appearing on French church portals are meant to represent what group?

Accepted Answer

A)   French crusaders
B)   Ancestors of Christ
C)   French aristocracy
D)   Monastic elders

Question 13

The round center image of a rose window is referred to by which term?

Accepted Answer

A)   Spandrel
B)   Oculus
C)   Roundel
D)   Bar C

Question 14

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What is the name of this sculpted figure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Saint George
B)   Saint Theodore
C)   Saint Peter
D)   Jeremiah B

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a characterization of the changing social conditions in the Gothic period?

Accepted Answer

A)   New prominence of women
B)   Rise of the middle class
C)   Barbarian migrations
D)   Interest in Scholasticism C

Question 16

Which of the following elements unites all three doorways of the west portal of Chartres Cathedral?

Accepted Answer

A)   Episodes from the Passion are carved on the capitals.
B)   Episodes from the life of the Virgin are carved on the capitals.
C)   Episodes from the Old Testament are carved on the capitals.
D)   Episodes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ are carved on the capitals.

Question 17

Fan vaulting was a common feature in which of the following regions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Early Gothic France
B)   High Gothic France
C)   Thirteenth-century Germany
D)   Late Gothic England

Question 18

What is particularly significant about the 14th-century German sculptures of Ekkehard and Uta at Naumburg?

Accepted Answer

A)   They stand with their bodies in an S-shaped curve.
B)   They illustrate the damp-fold style of drapery.
C)   They act as human embodiments of the Virtues.
D)   They are convincing images of real people.

Question 19

What church houses the reliquary of the Three Kings made by Nicholas of Verdun?

Accepted Answer

A)   Naumburg Cathedral
B)   Cologne Cathedral
C)   Bamberg Cathedral
D)   Gloucester Cathedral

Question 20

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What is the name of this Late Gothic Flamboyant church?

Accepted Answer

A)   Notre-Dame, Paris
B)   Saint-Maclou
C)   Amiens Cathedral
D)   Reims Cathedral

Exam 13: Gothic Europe North of the Alps

Which church possesses the essential characteristics of English Gothic architecture?

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The Royal Portal of Chartres was carved in which style?

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The High Gothic nave vault, as developed at Chartres, included which form?

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Which of the following is considered a masterpiece of the Rayonnant style?

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The tomb of which English monarch is located in Wells Cathedral?

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Who of the following coined the term Gothic ?

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What feature, visible on Laon Cathedral, became standard on French Gothic facades?

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What pose, associated with the "court style," was most typical of Late Gothic sculpture?

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What innovative feature of Gothic cathedrals is an external support that counters the outward thrust of the nave vaults?

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Which of the following provides the most stark contrast with the Naumburg donor statues?

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What is the distinctive feature of a hall church?

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Images of Old Testament kings and queens appearing on French church portals are meant to represent what group?

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The round center image of a rose window is referred to by which term?

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Which of the following is NOT a characterization of the changing social conditions in the Gothic period?

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Which of the following elements unites all three doorways of the west portal of Chartres Cathedral?

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Fan vaulting was a common feature in which of the following regions?

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What is particularly significant about the 14th-century German sculptures of Ekkehard and Uta at Naumburg?

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What church houses the reliquary of the Three Kings made by Nicholas of Verdun?

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