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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. __________ drain pipes are located around the roof and lead to stone gutters across the flying buttresses.
(a) Copper.
(b) Iron.
(c) Steel.
(d) Lead.

4. Why are the people of Chutreaux lucky?
(a) Their work stoppage lasts only five years.
(b) The architect is quickly replaced.
(c) The cathedral is basically finished.
(d) The clergy change their minds.

5. Why are the roof timbers coated in this?
(a) To prevent them from catching on fire.
(b) To prevent them from falling down.
(c) To prevent them from buckling.
(d) To prevent them from rotting.

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

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

8. Once the mold is broken away, revealing the finished bell, the bells are shipped to the cathedral and hoisted into ___________.
(a) The spire.
(b) The steeple.
(c) The tympanum.
(d) The belfry.

9. 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.

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

11. The ceiling will be constructed using how many bays at a time?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. These drain pipes then go to down spouts located on ___________.
(a) The buttresses.
(b) The foundation.
(c) The roof.
(d) The gutters.

13. This period marks a huge transition in ____________________ of the cathedral.
(a) The desire to see the construction.
(b) The design of the construction.
(c) The funding of the construction.
(d) The personnel of the construction.

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

15. The glass makers then take a molten lump of glass on the end of a large hollow pipe and do what with it?
(a) Spin it.
(b) Cool it.
(c) Blow it up like a balloon.
(d) Shake it.

Short Answer Questions

1. The stones that comprise the ribs of the vaulted ceiling are called ___________.

2. Sadly, in 1329 who dies?

3. It is then cut into shape using a tool called ________ iron.

4. By 1332 the___________________, of the cathedral is nearly complete.

5. Where are these wood spanners installed by the carpenters?

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