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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the mortar cures what does it do?
(a) It binds the timbers to each other.
(b) It binds the bricks to each other.
(c) It binds the stones to each other.
(d) It binds the pieces of glass to each other.

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

3. Each _____________ is mortared together.
(a) Timber.
(b) Piece of glass.
(c) Stone.
(d) Brick.

4. Eventually the chapels in the apse are finished and __________________ of the choir are nearly finished.
(a) The centerings and butresses.
(b) The centerings and piers.
(c) The piers and buttresses.
(d) The hurdles and piers.

5. William has much experience working on other cathedrals in _______________________.
(a) France, Brussels, and Italy.
(b) France, Italy, and England.
(c) France, England, and Germany.
(d) France, Germany, and Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. This unique device is essentially a man-sized __________ that is operated by one or two men who walk around the inside of it.

2. The glass makers then take a molten lump of glass on the end of a large hollow pipe and do what with it?

3. Why does work stop?

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

5. Why are the roof timbers coated in this?

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