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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At this time the cathedral has been under construction for how many years?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Eighty years.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Twenty-eight years.

2. This typical ________ architecture technique allowed the piers to remain thin relative to their height.
(a) Gothic.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Hellenistic.
(d) Romanesque.

3. By this time some work continues inside ___________.
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The various workshops.
(c) The nearby houses.
(d) The Bishop's palace.

4. _______ walls span some portions of the cathedrals.
(a) Solid.
(b) Transparent.
(c) Semi-solid.
(d) Hollow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wall elevation show?

2. Pieces of cut limestone are hoisted out of the quarry. What are they cut into shape to match?

3. How is the cut lumber transported to Chutreaux?

4. The arcade of piers rises how far from the foundation?

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

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