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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. Are these drawings approved?
(a) Not without many adjustments.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not at first.
(d) No.

2. How did all this lumber and stone get to Chutreaux?
(a) By ships sailing up the river.
(b) By train through the countryside.
(c) By ships sailing through the ocean.
(d) By wagon along a dirt path.

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

4. How many staircases does Chutreaux have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. This typical ________ architecture technique allowed the piers to remain thin relative to their height.
(a) Baroque.
(b) Hellenistic.
(c) Romanesque.
(d) Gothic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. These buttresses look like ___________.

3. Why is the answer to number 39 part of the preparation?

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

5. To whom are the drawings presented?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is William in charge of hiring?

2. What is the job of each master craftsman?

3. Why must many houses be demolished?

4. Upon what are the flying buttresses built? Why?

5. What is first approved by the Bishop and the Chapter?

6. Describe the three phases of the construction of the walls of the choir.

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

8. What is done first to the site to prepare it for the building of the new cathedral?

9. Describe the transportation of the lumber and stone.

10. Describe the excavation of the foundation.

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