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Quiz about Frank Lloyd Wright Architect Extraordinaire

Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect Extraordinaire Quiz

Explore some interesting facts about Frank Lloyd Wright's personal life as well as his architectural achievements.

A multiple-choice quiz by unterkircher. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
unterkircher

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
328,591

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What did Wright's mother do while he was a baby to foster the idea of architecture? Hint

hung drawings of famous buildings around his bed

took him to see famous buildings

read books on architecture to him

helped him draw pictures of buildings

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Wright reached the age of seven, his mother introduced him to a visual education method using wooden blocks and paper shapes. What was the name of this method? Hint

Schrock

Montessori

Froebel

Cognitive

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Wright was around eleven, his parents sent him to work each summer on an uncle's farm in rural Wisconsin. Why did they do this? Hint

wanted to toughen him up

he didn't get along with his siblings

wanted him to earn his own money

wanted to get him away from big city life

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Question 4 of 10

4. What upheaval in Wright's life forced him to be on his own at age eighteen? Hint

his parents divorced

his family disowned him

his father died

his father's business failed

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Question 5 of 10

5. Wright's first opportunity to do some architectural design work came when he got to assist Chicago architect Joseph Silsbee. What type of building did they design? Hint

library

university hall

theater

chapel

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1887, what was Wright's first design to actually be built? Hint

a building for his brother-in-law's business

a house for one of his uncles

a building for his aunts' school

a house for his mother

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Question 7 of 10

7. When designing, Wright considered the materials, the land, and the occupants as well as the function of the structure. With what phrase did Wright express this theory? Hint

Function Follows Form

Forn Follows Function

Form and Function Are One

Function First, Form Follows

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Question 8 of 10

8. Before turning forty years old, Wright did something scandalous that impacted his reputation. What did he do? Hint

stole another architect's design

used substandard materials to save money

abandoned his family

cheated a business partner

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Question 9 of 10

9. At which of Wright's houses did a 1914 fire destroy everything except his studio? Hint

Robie House

Taliesin

Fallingwater

Graycliff

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Question 10 of 10

10. Wright became famous on an international level with his design of the Imperial Hotel. In what world capital was the hotel located? Hint

Berlin, Germany

Paris, France

Tokyo, Japan

Brussels, Belgium

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What did Wright's mother do while he was a baby to foster the idea of architecture?

Answer: hung drawings of famous buildings around his bed

Wright's mother Anna said she foresaw her son as an architect before he was born. She was a great believer in destiny and felt it was her duty to begin steering her son in that direction at an early age.

2. When Wright reached the age of seven, his mother introduced him to a visual education method using wooden blocks and paper shapes. What was the name of this method?

Answer: Froebel

Creating with the blocks and paper led him to become more aware of geometric elements in nature and how things fit together, such as parts of a plant.

3. When Wright was around eleven, his parents sent him to work each summer on an uncle's farm in rural Wisconsin. Why did they do this?

Answer: wanted to toughen him up

At this age, Wright was shy and didn't get along well with others in his age group. When he did go out, he liked to dress in attention-getting clothes. So his parents decided that moving him from the urban environment of Madison to his uncle's farm would help. He hated practically everything about the rural life except for being closer to nature.

4. What upheaval in Wright's life forced him to be on his own at age eighteen?

Answer: his parents divorced

After his parents divorced in 1885, Wright had no further communication with his father. His mother expected him to provide money for the family, but Wright preferred to spend his money on his fancy lifestyle.

5. Wright's first opportunity to do some architectural design work came when he got to assist Chicago architect Joseph Silsbee. What type of building did they design?

Answer: chapel

Wright's uncle had hired Silsbee to design a chapel, and Wright got to work on the design for the chapel's interior. Later, Wright moved to Chicago and took a draftsman's position in Silsbee's firm.

6. In 1887, what was Wright's first design to actually be built?

Answer: a building for his aunts' school

After the building was completed, Wright began signing his drawings by adding the title "Architect" to his signature. He worked one year for Silsbee and then gained a position at a prominent architectural business in Chicago. By his early twenties he was a head designer for the company.

7. When designing, Wright considered the materials, the land, and the occupants as well as the function of the structure. With what phrase did Wright express this theory?

Answer: Form and Function Are One

"Form Follows Function" was a modern idea of Louis Sullivan, one of Wright's former bosses. Wright expanded the idea and called his theory "Form and Function Are One" to represent his belief that where a building was located, what it was made from, what it's purpose was, and who would occupy it should all work together to achieve a unique and successful design.

8. Before turning forty years old, Wright did something scandalous that impacted his reputation. What did he do?

Answer: abandoned his family

Wright began to feel discontent with his work and left his wife and six children and took off to Europe with another woman, Mamah Cheney. Press coverage of the scandal made it very difficult for him to find work when he returned to the Chicago area in 1910.

9. At which of Wright's houses did a 1914 fire destroy everything except his studio?

Answer: Taliesin

The fire was set by one of Wright's servants, Julian Carlton. Mamah Cheney, her two children, and four others were murdered by Carlton as they tried to escape the fire. For some, the tragedies were seen as a divine judgment on Wright for leaving his wife and children. For Wright, his studio surviving the fire meant that he should rebuild and keep on doing what he loved.

10. Wright became famous on an international level with his design of the Imperial Hotel. In what world capital was the hotel located?

Answer: Tokyo, Japan

Wright had lived in Japan and knew that for a building to survive the stress of an earthquake, it would have to have some flexibility. Wright's idea was put to the test one year after the hotel's completion in 1923. A massive earthquake hit Tokyo, and very little damage was done to the building.

Source: Author unterkircher

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