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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 41 - 59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The piers of the choir of Chutreaux will be ________ feet high and six to eight feet thick.
(a) 180.
(b) 200.
(c) 160.
(d) 220.

2. The complex series of foundation excavations are executed according to ___________.
(a) The stone mason's opinion.
(b) The architect's plans.
(c) The spray painted lines on the ground.
(d) The surveying stakes.

3. The roof timbers are thickly coated in ___________.
(a) Asbestos.
(b) Glue.
(c) Resin.
(d) Pitch.

4. What does the wall elevation show?
(a) The triforium, the centerings, the stairways, and the vaulting.
(b) The arcade, the triforium, the clerestory, and the vaulting.
(c) The arcade, the clerestory, the vaulting, and the centerings.
(d) The arcade, the stairways, the clerestory ,and the vaulting.

5. Workmen reach the scaffolding by using ______________ built into the walls of the cathedral.
(a) The stone circular staircases.
(b) An elevator.
(c) Stilts.
(d) The wooden circular staircases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Huge roof timbers are ordered from __________.

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

3. Construction continues through ________ when the transept and most of its vaulting is completed.

4. Most of the walls are two vertical walls with a space between that is filled with ___________.

5. During this time the new stonework and new in-place mortar are covered with what?

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