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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the answer to number 74 hung from the top of the wall instead of rising from the ground?
(a) Because it must go very high.
(b) Because the workmen are confused.
(c) Because it is safer hanging from the ceiling.
(d) Because it is easier to build this way.

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

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

4. Eventually the chapels in the apse are finished and __________________ of the choir are nearly finished.
(a) The piers and buttresses.
(b) The centerings and piers.
(c) The centerings and butresses.
(d) The hurdles and piers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The cut lumber is transported ___________ miles.

2. Huge sheets of roofing ________ are made on the ground and then hoisted into place.

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

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

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

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