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

2. By 1330 what is finally completed?
(a) The nave.
(b) The windows.
(c) The altar.
(d) The pews.

3. Where are these wood spanners installed by the carpenters?
(a) Along the walls.
(b) Along the centerings.
(c) Along the piers.
(d) Along the ribs.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The vaulted ceiling is built _________ feet above the foundation.

2. A tympanum, or ________________, is created to go above each door.

3. Two wooden ___________ cross each other at the middle of the square.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the completion of the cathedral celebrated?

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

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

4. What happens to the Bishop in 1281?

5. How do the glass makers create the various shapes of glass?

6. What takes place while the windows are being installed?

7. What happens in 1306?

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

9. Describe the creation of the spire.

10. Describe the cathedral's three huge doors.

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