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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is William responsible for hiring?
(a) The master craftsmen who work under him.
(b) The apprentices who work under him.
(c) The members of the chapter.
(d) The peasants who do hard labor on the project.

2. What is this locale equipped with?
(a) Restaurants and inns.
(b) Pneumatic chisels.
(c) Workshops and a forge.
(d) Activities for the families of the workers.

3. Why did William of Planz design buttresses around the cathedral's outside walls?
(a) For aesthetic purposes.
(b) To cover up seams in the walls.
(c) To support the walls from buckling outward.
(d) To balance out the large windows.

4. For what do they cut timber?
(a) The construction of the cathedral.
(b) The construction of the carts to haul supplies.
(c) The construction of scaffolding, workshops, tools, and machines.
(d) The construction of the scaffolding and tools.

5. Are these drawings approved?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Not without many adjustments.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________, a row of arches and a narrow passageway, rises twenty feet.

2. In the twelfth century the people of Europe believed that God was ___________.

3. As always, what interrupts most of the work for about five months?

4. How many masters does William hire?

5. The buttresses must be built upon temporary wooden frames called ____________.

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