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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 41 - 59.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Does this transition period interrupt the work on the cathedral?
(a) No.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only later.

3. Once the mortar cures, what happens?
(a) The hurdles are removed.
(b) The centerings are removed.
(c) The stilts are removed.
(d) The framers are removed.

4. Workmen reach the scaffolding by using ______________ built into the walls of the cathedral.
(a) The wooden circular staircases.
(b) Stilts.
(c) An elevator.
(d) The stone circular staircases.

5. After the ribs are completed, carpenters install _____________.
(a) Tracery.
(b) A keystone.
(c) Lagging.
(d) Webbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The stones that comprise the ribs of the vaulted ceiling are called ___________.

2. In the spring of _________ the Bishop of Chutreaux blesses the first foundation stone and it is lowered into the excavated foundations.

3. Once the foundation is completed what are begun?

4. What do the various dashed lines between the piers on the floor plan show?

5. Who hoists the materials out of the boats?

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