Expert Challenge: Sacred Edifice Designs

Probe the sophisticated vocabulary and structures of historic religious buildings.

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Radiating chapels around an apse with ambulatory constitute a?
Question 1
2
In Gothic churches, what external arched supports counteract vault thrust?
Question 2
3
What upper nave wall zone features windows above the triforium level?
Question 3
4
Rounded arches and robust barrel vaults define which style?
Question 4
5
The intersection of nave and transepts forms what space?
Question 5
6
Medieval divider between nave and chancel is termed?
Question 6
7
The narrow gallery between arcade and clerestory is the?
Question 7
8
Shafts from capitals supporting vault ribs are called?
Question 8
9
Dome-capped crossing typifies which church plan?
Question 9