Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fabricates the wood components of the tools?
(a) The cooper.
(b) The woodworkers.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) The wheelwright.

2. As the walls grow higher the workmen build what?
(a) Wooden stairs.
(b) Wooden ladders.
(c) Wooden scaffolding.
(d) Wooden stilts.

3. The buttresses must be built upon temporary wooden frames called ____________.
(a) Framers.
(b) Hurdles.
(c) Centerings.
(d) Stilts.

4. How long has the project taken?
(a) About three months.
(b) About one month.
(c) About two months.
(d) About four months.

5. As always, what interrupts most of the work for about five months?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Winter.
(c) Volcanic eruptions.
(d) Disease.

6. The walls of the choir are constructed in how many phases?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

7. The masons place the stones while who mix and apply the mortar?
(a) The slaves.
(b) The mortar craftsmen.
(c) The laborers.
(d) The mason apprentices.

8. What halts construction for five months?
(a) A volcanic eruption.
(b) The winter.
(c) A terrible storm.
(d) An earthquake.

9. How many masters does William hire?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

10. What is this locale equipped with?
(a) Restaurants and inns.
(b) Pneumatic chisels.
(c) Activities for the families of the workers.
(d) Workshops and a forge.

11. The vault and ceiling put what on the piers and walls?
(a) A downward strain.
(b) An upward strain.
(c) A horizontal strain.
(d) A lateral strain.

12. The stones are marked for what purposes?
(a) To know where they will go.
(b) To know how much the carpenter is owed for his work.
(c) To decorate the stone.
(d) Tracking and remuneration.

13. _____________, a row of arches and a narrow passageway, rises twenty feet.
(a) The emporium.
(b) The trefoils.
(c) The triforium.
(d) The pier.

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

15. _____________ later laborers in Chutreaux begin to clear the site of the new cathedral.
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Several months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each _____________ is mortared together.

2. In most respects, what are the two drawings typical of?

3. What happens to a portion of the Bishop's palace?

4. The outward buckling force is then transferred from the piers and walls to the buttresses by arches known as ___________.

5. At this time the cathedral has been under construction for how many years?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 375 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.