Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

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Palladio’s family refused to pay for his architectural studies. Answer: Not Given Explanation

represents the
Palladio’s design
The exhibition has the special advantage of being held in one of Palladio’s buildings,
Palazzo Barbaran dab bPortob. Its bold facade is a mixture of rustication and decoration set between two rows of elegant columns. On the second floor the pediments arc alternately curved or pointed, ab Palladian trademark
Q 3. Palladio’s father worked as an architect.
Answer:
False
Part of the passage:
Palladio’s father was a miller
who settled in Vicenza, where the
young Andrea was apprenticed to a skilled stonemason.
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Palladio’s father
worked
as an
architect
Palladio’s father
was
a
miller
who settled in Vicenza.
Q 4. Palladio’s family refused to pay for his architectural studies.
Answer:
Not Given
Explanation: The passage does mention a rich patron named Gian Giorgio Trissino organised Palladio’s education, but web could not find any information implying that
his family didn’t want to pay for his studies.
Q 5. Palladio’s alternative design for the Ducal Palace in Venice was based on an
English building.
Answer:

False
Part of the passage:
He tried his hand at bridges – his unbuilt version of the Rialto
Bridge was decorated with the large pediment and columns of a temple – and, after
a fire at the Ducal Palace, he offered
an alternative design which bears an uncanny
resemblance to the Banqueting House in Whitehall in London
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