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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The complex series of foundation excavations are executed according to ___________.
(a) The surveying stakes.
(b) The spray painted lines on the ground.
(c) The architect's plans.
(d) The stone mason's opinion.

2. As the walls grow higher the workmen build what?
(a) Wooden ladders.
(b) Wooden scaffolding.
(c) Wooden stairs.
(d) Wooden stilts.

3. Pieces of cut limestone are hoisted out of the quarry. What are they cut into shape to match?
(a) The length of the wooden timbers.
(b) The stones from other cathedrals.
(c) The trim on the cathedral.
(d) Templates.

4. 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) For aesthetic purposes.
(d) To cover up seams in the walls.

5. The vault and ceiling put what on the piers and walls?
(a) A downward strain.
(b) An upward strain.
(c) A horizontal strain.
(d) A lateral strain.

6. How did all this lumber and stone get to Chutreaux?
(a) By train through the countryside.
(b) By ships sailing up the river.
(c) By wagon along a dirt path.
(d) By ships sailing through the ocean.

7. For what do they cut timber?
(a) The construction of scaffolding, workshops, tools, and machines.
(b) The construction of the scaffolding and tools.
(c) The construction of the carts to haul supplies.
(d) The construction of the cathedral.

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

9. Once the foundation is completed what are begun?
(a) The sculptures.
(b) The walls.
(c) The floor tiles.
(d) The Pews.

10. What do the various dashed lines between the piers on the floor plan show?
(a) The location of windows.
(b) The ribs of the vaulted ceiling.
(c) The pattern of the brick.
(d) The stairs.

11. In the spring of _________ the Bishop of Chutreaux blesses the first foundation stone and it is lowered into the excavated foundations.
(a) 1352.
(b) 1235.
(c) 1253.
(d) 1325

12. Most of the walls are two vertical walls with a space between that is filled with ___________.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Insulation.
(c) Straw.
(d) Stone.

13. Why is the answer to number 39 part of the preparation?
(a) To aid in the raising of walls.
(b) To produce tools and scaffolding.
(c) To produce tools and nails.
(d) To aid in the construction of the roof.

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

15. The cut lumber is transported ___________ miles.
(a) Thousands of.
(b) Two.
(c) Several.
(d) Very few.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did much of the new lumber come?

2. From where does the cut stone come?

3. As the new cathedral is to be enormous, the foundation is dug to what depth?

4. Each _____________ is mortared together.

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

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