View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Simultaneously, the foundation for what is begun?

2. They meet at the center of the bay in a crossing pattern and are locked together by what?

3. The cathedral is mostly complete and has taken how many years to build thus far?

4. How many bells are cast for the cathedral?

5. Masons then lay courses of light __________ stones over the wooden spanners.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the drain pipes.

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

4. What happens in 1306?

5. What happens to the Bishop in 1281?

6. How is the completion of the cathedral celebrated?

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

8. What happens after the webbing has set hard?

9. What has taken place by 1332? What has taken place by 1338?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

A great wheel is used to hoist supplies for the vaulted ceiling.

Part 1) Describe this great wheel. How does it work to hoist supplies? What other machines are used to make the building of this cathedral possible?

Part 2) What does this machine reveal about the technology of the time? How does it compare to the technology of today?

Part 3) How have these early machines influenced the machines of today?

Essay Topic 3

Several deaths are mentioned in this story.

Part 1) Describe these deaths. How do they occur? How do they affect construction of the cathedral?

Part 2) Would building projects today continue with deaths such as these? Why or why not?

Part 3) Do deaths like this occur in building projects today? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 922 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample