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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does this ceiling also require?
(a) A unique device is used to raise the stone and mortar to the ceiling.
(b) Many architectural details.
(c) Sculptures and paintings.
(d) A great deal of mortar.

2. How are these ingredients mixed?
(a) They are stirred very quickly.
(b) They are melted together at very high temperatures.
(c) They are firmly pressed together.
(d) They are cooled to a low temperature very slowly.

3. Who replaces this man?
(a) Jeanne d'Arc.
(b) Etienne of Gaston.
(c) Phillippe of Visoir.
(d) John Paul.

4. The glass is removed from the pipe and _________.
(a) Cooled.
(b) Polished.
(c) Heated.
(d) Pressed.

5. Two wooden ___________ cross each other at the middle of the square.
(a) Centerings.
(b) Piers.
(c) Webbings.
(d) Traceries.

6. When it rains, the water shoots out of ___________.
(a) The mouths of the angels.
(b) The mouths of the gargoyles.
(c) The mouths of the cherubim.
(d) The mouths of the saints.

7. Each of the bays is the square area between ________ piers at the corners.
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

8. Simultaneously, the foundation for what is begun?
(a) The transept.
(b) The trusses.
(c) The clerestory.
(d) The triforium.

9. The largest simple pieces of glass are about __________ inches square.
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

10. Does this transition period interrupt the work on the cathedral?
(a) No.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only later.

11. With what are the sheets attached?
(a) Nails.
(b) Pegs.
(c) Screws.
(d) Bolts.

12. What do the people do during this time to raise money?
(a) The write letters to the Pope.
(b) They display the remains of Saint Germain and request financial donations.
(c) They have a bake sale.
(d) They ask the king to help them.

13. Who replaces William of Planz?
(a) Robert of Burgundy.
(b) Robert of Cormont.
(c) Robert of Vane.
(d) Robert of Normandy.

14. How large are these window panes?
(a) As large as seventy feet high.
(b) As large as fifty feet high.
(c) As large as sixty feet high.
(d) As large as eighty feet high.

15. Historically, did many such work stoppages occur in cathedral building?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Rarely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the mold is broken away, revealing the finished bell, the bells are shipped to the cathedral and hoisted into ___________.

2. The axle of the device is attached to what?

3. The ___________ ceiling requires much heavy stone.

4. Why is each bell unique?

5. The shapes are cut to the correct dimensions by using what?

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