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

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

3. Where do they cut limestone?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In the Somme valley.
(c) In the forest outside Chutreaux.
(d) In the town of Chutreaux.

4. In the spring of _________ the Bishop of Chutreaux blesses the first foundation stone and it is lowered into the excavated foundations.
(a) 1352.
(b) 1325
(c) 1235.
(d) 1253.

5. William has much experience working on other cathedrals in _______________________.
(a) France, Germany, and Sweden.
(b) France, Brussels, and Italy.
(c) France, England, and Germany.
(d) France, Italy, and England.

Short Answer Questions

1. The flying buttresses work by transferring downward forces from the walls to ___________.

2. The foundation for the apse and choir is completed after about how many months of work?

3. What halts construction for five months?

4. Once the design has been approved the master carpenter takes about ___________ men into the forest of Chantilly and cuts timber.

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

(see the answer key)

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