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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tools do the stone cutter's workshop and the carpenter's workshop require?
(a) Very few.
(b) Basic.
(c) Simple.
(d) The most specialized.

2. What does the wall elevation show?
(a) The triforium, the centerings, the stairways, and the vaulting.
(b) The arcade, the triforium, the clerestory, and the vaulting.
(c) The arcade, the stairways, the clerestory ,and the vaulting.
(d) The arcade, the clerestory, the vaulting, and the centerings.

3. This unique device is essentially a man-sized __________ that is operated by one or two men who walk around the inside of it.
(a) Crane.
(b) Lever.
(c) Wheel.
(d) Platform.

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

5. Why are many houses demolished?
(a) The new cathedral is in a different style from these homes.
(b) The new cathedral is much larger than the old one.
(c) The owners have not paid their mortgages.
(d) The houses are not pleasing to the eye.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During this time the new stonework and new in-place mortar are covered with what?

4. Why are these wooden arches placed from pier to pier?

5. _____________ later laborers in Chutreaux begin to clear the site of the new cathedral.

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