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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Soon thereafter who dies and is replaced?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The Chapter.
(d) The architect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. All work on the cathedral stops in what year?

2. These sheets are used to cover ___________________ making a weatherproof roof.

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

4. Why does work stop?

5. The moldings and capitals are also finished and stone slabs are laid on the floor in what pattern?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the ceiling constructed?

2. Describe the drain pipes.

3. Describe the cathedral's three huge doors.

4. What is the step that takes place after the ribs are completed?

5. What happens to the Bishop in 1281?

6. Why is Wiliam of Planz replaced?

7. What are cast for the cathedral? How are they unique?

8. What are vassoirs?

9. How does the casting process for the bells begin? What is the purpose of the wax?

10. Describe the glass for this cathedral and how it is installed.

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