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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 60 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The stones are marked for what purposes?
(a) Tracking and remuneration.
(b) To decorate the stone.
(c) To know where they will go.
(d) To know how much the carpenter is owed for his work.

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

3. The flying buttresses of the choir are completed and the centerings are readied for ___________.
(a) Plaster.
(b) Crown molding.
(c) The first stones of the vaulted ceilings.
(d) Paint.

4. ______________, stone tracery and sixty-foot high windows, rises sixty feet for a total vertical rise of 160 feet.
(a) The sanctuary.
(b) The aisle.
(c) The triforium.
(d) The clerestory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The complex series of foundation excavations are executed according to ___________.

2. The cut lumber is transported ___________ miles.

3. Once the mold is broken away, revealing the finished bell, the bells are shipped to the cathedral and hoisted into ___________.

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

5. Why are the roof timbers coated in this?

(see the answer key)

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