- 1. In which decades did the Italianate style influence Australian suburbs?
A) 1910–1920s
B) 1890–1900s
C) 1850–1860s
D) 1870–1880s
- 2. Who designed the Government House in Melbourne?
A) Thomas Cubitt
B) William Wardell
C) Katherine Mansfield
D) John Smith Murdoch
- 3. What crowns the machicolated signorial tower of Melbourne's Government House?
A) A dome
B) A balustraded parapet
C) A spire
D) A belvedere
- 4. What is the primary material used for the 1875 Old Government Buildings in Wellington?
A) Kauri timber
B) Concrete
C) Rendered brick
D) Stone
- 5. Which building is considered an example of the Italianate style's evolution in regional New South Wales?
A) Albury railway station
B) Old Treasury Building
C) Antrim House
D) Glebe Town Hall
- 6. Why was the 1856 Colonial Governor's residence in Auckland criticized?
A) For making wood look like stone
B) For its excessive height
C) For using non-local materials
D) For lacking Italianate features
- 7. What architectural feature hides the hipped roof of Melbourne's Government House?
A) A porte-cochère
B) A balustraded parapet
C) A series of bay windows
D) A decorative cornice
- 8. What style did Auckland prefer for its later development?
A) Palladian
B) Gothic detailing
C) Venetian
D) Classical
- 9. Who designed the Commonwealth Office Buildings in 1912?
A) John Smith Murdoch
B) William Wardell
C) Thomas Cubitt
D) Katherine Mansfield
- 10. Which of these is an Italianate building in Auckland built with rendered brick?
A) The Pah
B) Antrim House
C) Old Government Buildings
D) Westoe Farm House
- 11. How is the ballroom block of Melbourne's Government House entered?
A) Through a columned porte-cochère
B) Through the belvedere tower
C) Through a grand central arch
D) Through a hidden side door
- 12. What feature is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of Australian Italianate domestic villas?
A) Classical cornices
B) Bay windows
C) Gothic spires
D) Low-pitched roofs
- 13. In New Zealand, what term describes the suburban villas found in cities like Dunedin and Wellington?
A) Modest but handsome
B) Strictly stone-built
C) Grand and exuberant
D) Uniformly terraced
- 14. In which century did the Italianate style emerge as a distinct phase of Classical architecture?
A) 19th century
B) 20th century
C) 18th century
D) 17th century
- 15. Which two architectural styles are mentioned alongside Italianate as influences on its development?
A) Gothic and Tudor
B) Palladianism and Neoclassicism
C) Beaux-Arts and Art Deco
D) Baroque and Rococo
- 16. What building is generally accepted as the first Italianate villa in England?
A) Sandridge Park
B) Cronkhill
C) Osborne House
D) Cliveden
- 17. Who popularized the Italianate style in the 1830s?
A) Alexander Jackson Davis
B) Isambard Brunel
C) Sir Charles Barry
D) John Nash
- 18. Which architect promoted the Italianate style in the United States?
A) Thomas Cubitt
B) Sir Charles Barry
C) John Nash
D) Alexander Jackson Davis
- 19. Which of Sir Charles Barry's works is considered a pastiche of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome?
A) Osborne House
B) Cliveden
C) The Reform Club
D) Cronkhill
- 20. What order did Sir Charles Barry use on the Reform Club instead of the original Corinthian order of the Palazzo Farnese?
A) Tuscan
B) Composite
C) Grecian Ionic
D) Doric
- 21. Who designed Osborne House under the direction of Prince Albert?
A) John Nash
B) Anthony Salvin
C) Sir Charles Barry
D) Thomas Cubitt
- 22. What term is used for Italianate villas topped by mansard roofs?
A) Renaissance-revival
B) Tuscanesque
C) Chateauesque
D) Barryesque
- 23. By what year had the Italianate style begun to fall out of favour in England?
A) 1840
B) 1830
C) 1890
D) 1855
- 24. Which architect is credited with the 'most ambitious classical house' in Wales, Penoyre House?
A) John Nash
B) Thomas Cubitt
C) Anthony Salvin
D) Sir Charles Barry
- 25. Portmeirion was built in which style?
A) Early Victorian
B) Southern Italian Baroque
C) Neoclassical
D) Palladian
- 26. Who built Portmeirion between 1925 and 1975?
A) Thomas Cubitt
B) Sir Charles Barry
C) Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
D) John Nash
- 27. The architectural bricolage of Portmeirion is noted as an influence on which movement?
A) Postmodernism
B) Gothic Revival
C) Industrialism
D) Neoclassicism
- 28. Which of these is a defining feature of the Italianate style according to the text?
A) High pointed spires
B) Low pitched roof
C) Steep gabled roofs
D) Flat roofs without decoration
- 29. What is the primary inspiration for the Italianate style?
A) 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture
B) Early 20th-century modernism
C) Ancient Egyptian temples
D) Medieval fortresses
- 30. In which country was Italianate revival architecture considered less prevalent?
A) Italy
B) Scotland
C) Lebanon
D) France
- 31. Which location in Scotland is specifically noted for having Italianate style buildings on its west side?
A) George Square
B) Mount Lebanon
C) Deir el Qamar
D) Sidon
- 32. Which specific Italian architectural influence is mentioned in relation to Lebanon?
A) Romanesque
B) Venetian
C) Tuscan
D) Baroque
- 33. Who was the first Lebanese ruler to unify Mount Lebanon with its Mediterranean coast?
A) The Ottomans
B) Alexander Thomson
C) The Medici
D) Fakhreddine
- 34. To which Italian region was Fakhreddine exiled by the Ottomans in 1613?
A) Rome
B) Florence
C) Venice
D) Tuscany
- 35. With which powerful family did Fakhreddine form an alliance while in exile?
A) The Sidon engineers
B) The Medici
C) The Renaissance
D) The Scottish architects
- 36. In what year did Fakhreddine return to Lebanon?
A) 1618
B) 1713
C) 1613
D) 1918
- 37. What industry did Fakhreddine develop upon returning to Lebanon?
A) Steel
B) Cotton
C) Wool
D) Silk
- 38. Which Lebanese location's buildings influenced construction for many centuries?
A) Rue Gouraud
B) George Square
C) Deir el Qamar
D) Mount Lebanon
- 39. Which street is mentioned as still having historic houses with Italianate influence?
A) Rue Gouraud
B) George Square
C) Medici Avenue
D) Fakhreddine Road
- 40. What is the oldest surviving example of Italianate architecture in the United States?
A) Edward King House
B) Blandwood
C) Litchfield Villa
D) Riverside
- 41. In what year was Blandwood constructed?
A) 1845
B) 1854
C) 1844
D) 1837
- 42. The Litchfield Villa, designed by Davis in 1854, is located in:
A) Prospect Park, Brooklyn
B) Cincinnati, Ohio
C) New Orleans, Louisiana
D) Burlington, New Jersey
- 43. What characterized the Italianate style regarding roofs?
A) Steeply pitched gabled roofs
B) Domed roofs with spires
C) Low-pitched or flat roofs with wide projections
D) Mansard roofs with dormers
- 44. What decorative support element is typically used for eaves in Italianate architecture?
A) Ionic columns
B) Corbels
C) Gargoyles
D) Flying buttresses
- 45. Which city contains the largest single collection of Italianate buildings in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood?
A) New Orleans, Louisiana
B) Cincinnati, Ohio
C) San Francisco, California
D) Brooklyn, New York
- 46. Who was the primary group responsible for building the Italianate structures in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine?
A) British expatriates
B) German-American immigrants
C) French settlers
D) Italian stonemasons
- 47. In California, wooden versions of the Italianate style are famously known by what nickname?
A) Painted Ladies
B) Belvedere Cottages
C) Victorian Villas
D) Garden Mansions
- 48. Who designed the Grosse Point Light in Evanston, Illinois?
A) Colonel Orlando M. Poe
B) Alexander Jackson Davis
C) Richard Upjohn
D) Samuel Jamison
- 49. Which style did the Italianate style become more popular than by the start of the Civil War?
A) Queen Anne
B) Gothic Revival
C) Greek Revival
D) Colonial Revival
- 50. Which of the following is an Italianate building located in the Garden District of New Orleans?
A) Blandwood
B) Edward King House
C) Grosse Point Light
D) 1331 First Street
- 51. What was the occupation of John Motley Morehead, the owner of Blandwood?
A) Civil engineer
B) Lighthouse builder
C) Architect
D) Governor of North Carolina
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