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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. _______ walls span some portions of the cathedrals.
(a) Hollow.
(b) Transparent.
(c) Semi-solid.
(d) Solid.

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

5. Most importantly, the stone cutters work inside ___________.
(a) Dressing stone and cutting tracery, capitals, and sculptures.
(b) Designing the stone tracery, capitals, and sculptures.
(c) Polishing the stone tracery, capitals, and sculptures.
(d) Adding mortar the the stone.

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

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

8. From where does the cut stone come?
(a) Chantilly.
(b) Somme.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Bavaria.

9. The masons place the stones while who mix and apply the mortar?
(a) The slaves.
(b) The mortar craftsmen.
(c) The mason apprentices.
(d) The laborers.

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

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

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

13. As always, what interrupts most of the work for about five months?
(a) Disease.
(b) Volcanic eruptions.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Winter.

14. This typical ________ architecture technique allowed the piers to remain thin relative to their height.
(a) Romanesque.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Hellenistic.

15. As the various workshops begin production, what do they require?
(a) Many meetings with the architect.
(b) Some basic tools.
(c) Approval from the people of Chutreaux.
(d) Various specialized tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finally, the new foundation for the apse and choir is _______________.

2. Who controls funds in the church in Chutreaux?

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

4. In most respects, what are the two drawings typical of?

5. The cut lumber is transported ___________ miles.

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