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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the twelfth century the people of Europe believed that God was ___________.
(a) Very important.
(b) Somewhat important.
(c) Not important.
(d) The most important force in their lives.

2. ______________, stone tracery and sixty-foot high windows, rises sixty feet for a total vertical rise of 160 feet.
(a) The aisle.
(b) The clerestory.
(c) The sanctuary.
(d) The triforium.

3. Why do the people of Chutreaux decide to honor God by building a new cathedral?
(a) Because God has asked them to build him a cathedral.
(b) Because of a prolonger period of financial strain.
(c) Because of many deadly bouts Black Plague.
(d) Because of a prolonged period of financial prosperity and freedom from such things as the plague and famine.

4. In the spring of _________ the Bishop of Chutreaux blesses the first foundation stone and it is lowered into the excavated foundations.
(a) 1235.
(b) 1253.
(c) 1352.
(d) 1325

5. The vault and ceiling put what on the piers and walls?
(a) An upward strain.
(b) A downward strain.
(c) A horizontal strain.
(d) A lateral strain.

Short Answer Questions

1. This typical ________ architecture technique allowed the piers to remain thin relative to their height.

2. The masons place the stones while who mix and apply the mortar?

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

4. By this time some work continues inside ___________.

5. William has much experience working on other cathedrals in _______________________.

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