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

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

3. Who replaces William of Planz?
(a) Robert of Cormont.
(b) Robert of Normandy.
(c) Robert of Vane.
(d) Robert of Burgundy.

4. The moldings and capitals are also finished and stone slabs are laid on the floor in what pattern?
(a) Star.
(b) Herringbone.
(c) Maze-like.
(d) Twill.

5. The finished wax represents ___________.
(a) The size, thickness, and shape of the bell.
(b) The last step in the bell-making process.
(c) The general shape of the bell.
(d) The general size of the bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon thereafter who dies and is replaced?

2. The glass makers then take a molten lump of glass on the end of a large hollow pipe and do what with it?

3. How many bells are cast for the cathedral?

4. The ceiling will be constructed using how many bays at a time?

5. The down spouts are stone sculptures made to look like ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the construction of the roof.

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

3. How long has the project taken thus far? How important are the illustrations in this section?

4. What happens after the webbing has set hard?

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

6. Describe the bells in the belfry.

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

8. How is the stone for the vaulted ceiling lifted?

9. What happens to the Bishop in 1281?

10. Describe the workings of the great wheel.

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