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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of this pattern?
(a) It was symbolic of the connection between man and God.
(b) It was symbolic of the star over Bethlehem.
(c) It was symbolic of Jesus as the fisher of men.
(d) It was symbolic of making a long pilgrimage to the cathedral in search of God's favor.

2. _______________ support the stones of the flying buttress while the mortar cures.
(a) The centerings.
(b) The hurdles.
(c) The framers.
(d) The stilts.

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

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

5. Where do they cut limestone?
(a) In the town of Chutreaux.
(b) In the Somme valley.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In the forest outside Chutreaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do they cut timber?

2. They meet at the center of the bay in a crossing pattern and are locked together by what?

3. Once the design has been approved the master carpenter takes about ___________ men into the forest of Chantilly and cuts timber.

4. The roof is located above the vaulting, and consists of _____________ frames.

5. Who fabricates the metal components of the tools?

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