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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 people of Chutreaux lucky?
(a) The cathedral is basically finished.
(b) The architect is quickly replaced.
(c) Their work stoppage lasts only five years.
(d) The clergy change their minds.

2. With what are the sheets attached?
(a) Nails.
(b) Screws.
(c) Pegs.
(d) Bolts.

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

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

5. Wooden arches, like ____________, are placed from pier to pier.
(a) Trefoils.
(b) Scaffolding.
(c) Triforiums.
(d) Centerings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is each bell unique?

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

3. In what year is the spire completed?

4. The glass itself is made from ___________.

5. Simultaneously, the foundation for what is begun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about 1311, 1329, and 1330?

2. What happens in 1306?

3. Describe the cathedral's three huge doors.

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

5. What are vassoirs?

6. How are the bells finished?

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

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

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

10. Describe the workings of the great wheel.

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