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1. Le Corbusier was the ..........figure internationally in modern architecture from 1920 to

1960.

• a. dominant

• b. foreign

• c. possible

2. “Modulor” is considered as a system of ......... grounded on the golden section or

Fibonacci series using the human figures as its basis.

• a. figures

• b. proportions

• c. weight

3. According to Le Corbusier, architecture is “the masterly correct and .............. play of

masses brought together in light”.

• a. bright

• b. wooden

• c. magnificient

4. His comparisons with engineering constructions and with modern forms of transportation

were formulated into such oft-misunderstood postulates as “the house is a machine for living

in” and that it should be as practically constructed as a typewriter.

• a. fundamentals

• b. basic princiciples

• c. a and b are correct

5. According to Le Corbusier, the house should be practically constructed as a ............

• a. TV set

• b. a refrigerator

• c. typewriter

6. A house is like a machine, but with complete .......... in plan, capacity for serial-production

and function.

• a. emotion

• b. rationality

• c. emotion and rationality

7. Five essential elements for a new architecture are the.........., roof terraces, free plan, continuous window strips and free façade composition.

• a. concrete

• b. floors

• c. pilotis

8. Le Corbusier’s works are characterized by the independence of terrain, double-height

rooms,......, bridges and ramps.

• a. small-scaled floors

• b. medium-scaled floors

• c. gallery floors.

9. Le Corbusier worked out the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North

African and ..........cities.

• a. South African

• b. North American

• c. South American

10. Constructivism is a style of architecture using concrete, ...... and glass to organize planes

and volumes in an extremely formal expression.

• a. wood

• b. stone

• c. steel