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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sadly, in 1329 who dies?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Robert of Cormont.
(c) A member of the Chapter.
(d) The Bishop.

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

4. The exterior of the wax is then carved into to create ___________.
(a) Handles for grabbing the bell.
(b) The decorations that will be on the outside of the bell.
(c) A place for the copper to go.
(d) A handle to attach a rope.

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

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

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

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

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

10. A tympanum, or ________________, is created to go above each door.
(a) Semicircular sculpted panel.
(b) Down spout.
(c) Spire.
(d) Belfry.

11. The stones that comprise the ribs of the vaulted ceiling are called ___________.
(a) Vassoirs.
(b) Fassoirs.
(c) Chassoirs.
(d) Rassoirs.

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

13. Why is each bell unique?
(a) They are each decorated with a different scene from the Bible.
(b) The clay mold used to cast the bronze bell is destroyed during the casting process.
(c) They are each made by a different craftsman.
(d) They are made in different cities by different workshops.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Then the model is covered in about ______ inches of wax.

2. After the ribs are completed, carpenters install _____________.

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

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

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

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