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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. The down spouts are stone sculptures made to look like ___________.
(a) Beautiful angels.
(b) Angelic cherubs.
(c) Frightening monsters.
(d) Stoic saints.

2. The vaulted ceiling is built _________ feet above the foundation.
(a) 230.
(b) 320.
(c) 130.
(d) 310.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bells are cast for the cathedral?

2. What are these down spouts called?

3. Huge sheets of roofing ________ are made on the ground and then hoisted into place.

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

5. The axle of the device is attached to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is the transept and most of its vaulting completed?

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

3. How tall is the vaulted ceiling? What is used to support this massive structure?

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

5. Describe the drain pipes.

6. How is the ceiling constructed?

7. Describe the construction of the roof.

8. How are the bells finished?

9. Describe the workings of the great wheel.

10. Describe the cathedral's three huge doors.

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