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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The foundation for the apse and choir is completed after about how many months of work?

2. The flying buttresses work by transferring downward forces from the walls to ___________.

3. Once the site is cleared, the location of what are surveyed?

4. For what do they cut timber?

5. Why is the answer to number 74 hung from the top of the wall instead of rising from the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must many houses be demolished?

2. Describe the mortice-and-tenon construction method. How is this used in the construction of the cathedral?

3. How long has the cathedral been under construction at this point in the book?

4. Describe the excavation of the foundation.

5. What takes place once the foundation is completed?

6. What is done with the cut limestone?

7. Who is William in charge of hiring?

8. How do the workmen reach the scaffolding?

9. Where is the roof located? Of what does it consist?

10. Who makes the tools?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several architects throughout the process of building this cathedral.

Part 1) Who are these architects? What role does each play in the construction of the cathedral?

Part 2) What must be known by an architect in the 12th century? Do you consider an architect today less skilled, as skilled, or more skilled? Why?

Part 3) How different might building a cathedral be today? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The walls of the choir are constructed in three phases.

Part 1) What are these three phases? How are these three phases necessary?

Part 2) What are three other steps involved when making the walls of the cathedral? Why are these steps also necessary?

Part 3) How are these various steps and phases necessary when adding a roof to the structure?

Essay Topic 3

Buttresses were used when building this cathedral.

Part 1) What are buttresses? What purpose do they serve? Are they necessary? Why or why not?

Part 2) What are three other aspects of the cathedral that are necessary during the building process? How are they necessary?

Part 3) Why are buttresses not needed today? What is still needed during a building project today? Why?

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