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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are these wood spanners installed by the carpenters?
(a) Along the centerings.
(b) Along the piers.
(c) Along the walls.
(d) Along the ribs.

2. Masons then lay courses of light __________ stones over the wooden spanners.
(a) Lagging.
(b) Webbing.
(c) Wood spanners.
(d) Tracery.

3. The shapes are cut to the correct dimensions by using what?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A template.
(c) A sharp knife.
(d) A saw.

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

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

6. The glass is spun outward into ___________.
(a) A large curved disk.
(b) A large balloon.
(c) A large flat disk.
(d) A large oval.

7. The flying buttresses of the choir are completed and the centerings are readied for ___________.
(a) Plaster.
(b) The first stones of the vaulted ceilings.
(c) Paint.
(d) Crown molding.

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

9. The cathedral's three huge doors are built--the center door is almost _____________ feet high.
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

10. By 1332 the___________________, of the cathedral is nearly complete.
(a) Front, or west end.
(b) Back, or east end.
(c) Front, or north end.
(d) Back, or south end.

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

12. Construction continues through ________ when the transept and most of its vaulting is completed.
(a) 1312.
(b) 1321.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1203.

13. These larger sections are then installed between stone ____________ and iron reinforcing bars to create individual window panes.
(a) Mellions.
(b) Mullions.
(c) Millions.
(d) Mallions.

14. Huge sheets of roofing ________ are made on the ground and then hoisted into place.
(a) Iron.
(b) Wood.
(c) Lead.
(d) Steel.

15. To what might this unique device be compared?
(a) A wheel for guinea pigs.
(b) A pulley.
(c) A crane.
(d) An elevator.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ribs themselves carry the weight of __________, or ceiling stones.

2. The exterior of the wax is then carved into to create ___________.

3. Who replaces this man?

4. In what year, does work resume?

5. Does this transition period interrupt the work on the cathedral?

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