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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 are the roof timbers coated in this?
(a) To prevent them from buckling.
(b) To prevent them from falling down.
(c) To prevent them from catching on fire.
(d) To prevent them from rotting.

2. What else does this ceiling also require?
(a) A great deal of mortar.
(b) Sculptures and paintings.
(c) A unique device is used to raise the stone and mortar to the ceiling.
(d) Many architectural details.

3. Masons then lay courses of light __________ stones over the wooden spanners.
(a) Wood spanners.
(b) Tracery.
(c) Webbing.
(d) Lagging.

4. The walls are complex and consist of piers, or _________, that support the vault and roof.
(a) Columns.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Layers.
(d) Boards.

5. Who controls funds in the church in Chutreaux?
(a) A group of clergymen known as the chapter.
(b) The people of Chutreaux.
(c) A group of master craftsmen.
(d) The King of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What construction is the work site then prepared for?

2. _______________ support the stones of the flying buttress while the mortar cures.

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

4. During the year, William of Planz decides ___________.

5. The ceiling will be constructed using how many bays at a time?

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