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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The space between piers is filled with tracery. What is tracery?
(a) Insulation.
(b) A stone framework with glass windows.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Cement.

2. What is this locale equipped with?
(a) Workshops and a forge.
(b) Restaurants and inns.
(c) Pneumatic chisels.
(d) Activities for the families of the workers.

3. What is done with the Romanesque crypt?
(a) It is moved to another town.
(b) It is altered.
(c) It is saved.
(d) It is destroyed.

4. How many staircases does Chutreaux have?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

5. What kind of tools do the stone cutter's workshop and the carpenter's workshop require?
(a) Basic.
(b) Very few.
(c) Simple.
(d) The most specialized.

6. What happens to a portion of the Bishop's palace?
(a) It is remodeled.
(b) It is altered.
(c) It is demolished.
(d) It is attached to the new cathedral.

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

8. How many masters does William hire?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

9. How is the cut lumber transported to Chutreaux?
(a) By land.
(b) By car.
(c) By air.
(d) By water.

10. 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 hurdles and piers.
(d) The piers and buttresses.

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

12. Does the floor plan show only the general outline?
(a) No, it also shows how the new cathedral will interface with the existing crypt.
(b) Yes.
(c) No, it also shows the locations of stairs, doors, and windows, and it illustrates how the new cathedral will interface with the existing crypt.
(d) No, it also shows the location of stairs, doors, and windows.

13. As the new cathedral is to be enormous, the foundation is dug to what depth?
(a) Twenty feet.
(b) Twenty-five feet.
(c) Ten feet.
(d) Two hundred feet.

14. Are these drawings approved?
(a) No.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Not without many adjustments.
(d) Yes.

15. What does each master craftsman then establish?
(a) A workshop for all the trades involved.
(b) A place to live during the building of the cathedral.
(c) A workshop for their respective trade.
(d) A reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the project taken?

2. Who controls funds in the church in Chutreaux?

3. Once the mortar cures, what happens?

4. The scaffolding holds hurdles, or ____________ made from woven sticks.

5. Why are the new stonework and mortar covered in this?

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