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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the year, William of Planz decides ___________.
(a) He is no longer interested in this building project.
(b) He is too ill to continue working.
(c) He is too old to continue working.
(d) He wants to change part of the design.

2. Various kinds of metals are added to different batches of glass to___________.
(a) Color the glass.
(b) Seal the glass.
(c) Distort the glass.
(d) Strengthen the glass.

3. How many years has it been since construction began?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Thirty-nine.

4. What are these down spouts called?
(a) Cherubim.
(b) Gargoyles.
(c) Saints.
(d) Angels.

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

6. The ribs themselves carry the weight of __________, or ceiling stones.
(a) The piers.
(b) The centerings.
(c) The tracery.
(d) The webbing.

7. The wax is then coated in ___________.
(a) Cement.
(b) Steel.
(c) Copper.
(d) More clay and plaster of Paris.

8. Why are these wooden arches placed from pier to pier?
(a) To make the ceiling curve.
(b) To make the ceiling more aesthetically pleasing.
(c) To give support to sculptures and light fixtures that are to hang from the vaulted ceiling.
(d) To give the vaulted ceiling stone ribs support while the mortar cures.

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

10. The cathedral is mostly complete and has taken how many years to build thus far?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Sixty-four.
(c) Fifty-four.
(d) Fifty.

11. As the men walk so the axle turns and winds up ________, lifting very heavy loads from the floor.
(a) The wall.
(b) A leather strap.
(c) The rope.
(d) Very tight.

12. It is then cut into shape using a tool called ________ iron.
(a) A grozing.
(b) A gruzing.
(c) A grizing.
(d) A grazing.

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

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

15. When the glass gets the right size, the end is cut off and the pipe is spun _________ around and around.
(a) A few times.
(b) Evenly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two wooden ___________ cross each other at the middle of the square.

2. Each of the bays is the square area between ________ piers at the corners.

3. Why are the people of Chutreaux lucky?

4. Why does work stop?

5. The construction of the roof continues as the frames are set up with ___________.

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