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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom are the drawings presented?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) The king.
(c) The Bishop and the Chapter.
(d) The Chapter.

2. Why are the walls filled with this?
(a) Solid stone walls would be too expensive.
(b) It is very inexpensive.
(c) Some sort of insulation is needed to keep the cathdral a consistent temperature.
(d) Concrete is stronger than stone.

3. Eventually the chapels in the apse are finished and __________________ of the choir are nearly finished.
(a) The hurdles and piers.
(b) The centerings and piers.
(c) The centerings and butresses.
(d) The piers and buttresses.

4. The arcade of piers rises how far from the foundation?
(a) One hundred forty.
(b) Eighty feet.
(c) One hundred feet.
(d) One hundred twenty.

5. After _______ more years of labor the walls of the choir and aisle are completed and work begins on the cathedral roof.
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________, stone tracery and sixty-foot high windows, rises sixty feet for a total vertical rise of 160 feet.

2. From where does the cut stone come?

3. Where are most of these skilled workers drawn from?

4. Why are many houses demolished?

5. The space between piers is filled with tracery. What is tracery?

(see the answer key)

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