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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) Frightening monsters.
(b) Angelic cherubs.
(c) Stoic saints.
(d) Beautiful angels.

2. Huge sheets of roofing ________ are made on the ground and then hoisted into place.
(a) Lead.
(b) Steel.
(c) Iron.
(d) Wood.

3. The glass is spun outward into ___________.
(a) A large balloon.
(b) A large flat disk.
(c) A large curved disk.
(d) A large oval.

4. When the glass gets the right size, the end is cut off and the pipe is spun _________ around and around.
(a) A few times.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Evenly.
(d) Slowly.

5. This period marks a huge transition in ____________________ of the cathedral.
(a) The design of the construction.
(b) The desire to see the construction.
(c) The funding of the construction.
(d) The personnel of the construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the men walk so the axle turns and winds up ________, lifting very heavy loads from the floor.

2. In what year is the spire completed?

3. Why does work stop?

4. The ribs themselves carry the weight of __________, or ceiling stones.

5. Simultaneously, the foundation for what is begun?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the completion of the cathedral celebrated?

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

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

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

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

7. How is the ceiling constructed?

8. Describe the construction of the roof.

9. What do the glass makers begin in 1302? Of what is this made?

10. What happens in 1306?

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