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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are these wooden arches placed from pier to pier?
(a) To give support to sculptures and light fixtures that are to hang from the vaulted ceiling.
(b) To make the ceiling more aesthetically pleasing.
(c) To give the vaulted ceiling stone ribs support while the mortar cures.
(d) To make the ceiling curve.

2. The glass makers then take a molten lump of glass on the end of a large hollow pipe and do what with it?
(a) Spin it.
(b) Shake it.
(c) Blow it up like a balloon.
(d) Cool it.

3. The stones that comprise the ribs of the vaulted ceiling are called ___________.
(a) Rassoirs.
(b) Vassoirs.
(c) Fassoirs.
(d) Chassoirs.

4. The ___________ ceiling requires much heavy stone.
(a) Vaulted.
(b) Shed.
(c) Cove.
(d) Lathe.

5. The foundation is built to ___________ standards.
(a) Somewhat accurate.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Exacting.
(d) Poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each master craftsman then establish?

2. What is the purpose of this pattern?

3. The process begins when a solid model of the bell is made in ___________.

4. The ceiling will be constructed using how many bays at a time?

5. ______________, stone tracery and sixty-foot high windows, rises sixty feet for a total vertical rise of 160 feet.

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