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

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 - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Huge roof timbers are ordered from __________.
(a) Russia.
(b) Scandinavia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

2. To date, over how many men have been involved in this project?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

3. Once the design has been approved the master carpenter takes about ___________ men into the forest of Chantilly and cuts timber.
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Twenty.

4. Who leads the church in Chutreaux?
(a) The President.
(b) The King.
(c) The Bishop.
(d) The community.

5. Once the site is cleared, the location of what are surveyed?
(a) The altar and aisle.
(b) The apse and choir.
(c) The sanctuary and Bishop's palace.
(d) The fellowship hall and choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did William of Planz design buttresses around the cathedral's outside walls?

2. After _______ more years of labor the walls of the choir and aisle are completed and work begins on the cathedral roof.

3. What does each master craftsman then establish?

4. Why is the answer to number 74 hung from the top of the wall instead of rising from the ground?

5. Most importantly, the stone cutters work inside ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are used to remove some of the strain placed on the walls?

2. Describe the mortice-and-tenon construction method. How is this used in the construction of the cathedral?

3. What takes place once the foundation is completed?

4. How do the workmen reach the scaffolding?

5. Why must many houses be demolished?

6. Where is the roof located? Of what does it consist?

7. Describe the buttresses and how they function.

8. What takes place during the winter months?

9. Who is in charge of Chutreaux? How do they deal with the hiring of the architect for this new cathedral?

10. Describe the building of the scaffolding.

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