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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Construction continues through ________ when the transept and most of its vaulting is completed.
(a) 1203.
(b) 1321.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1312.

2. The finished wax represents ___________.
(a) The general shape of the bell.
(b) The size, thickness, and shape of the bell.
(c) The last step in the bell-making process.
(d) The general size of the bell.

3. The glass makers then take a molten lump of glass on the end of a large hollow pipe and do what with it?
(a) Spin it.
(b) Blow it up like a balloon.
(c) Cool it.
(d) Shake it.

4. As the men walk so the axle turns and winds up ________, lifting very heavy loads from the floor.
(a) A leather strap.
(b) Very tight.
(c) The wall.
(d) The rope.

5. The glass itself is made from ___________.
(a) Beechwood ash and washed sand.
(b) Limestone and soda ash.
(c) Dolomite and limestone.
(d) Sodium bicarbonate and silica.

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

7. Two wooden ___________ cross each other at the middle of the square.
(a) Piers.
(b) Traceries.
(c) Centerings.
(d) Webbings.

8. By 1330 what is finally completed?
(a) The windows.
(b) The pews.
(c) The altar.
(d) The nave.

9. These sheets are used to cover ___________________ making a weatherproof roof.
(a) The lead frame.
(b) The wooden frame.
(c) The roof boards.
(d) The shingles.

10. How are these ingredients mixed?
(a) They are firmly pressed together.
(b) They are stirred very quickly.
(c) They are cooled to a low temperature very slowly.
(d) They are melted together at very high temperatures.

11. Does this transition period interrupt the work on the cathedral?
(a) Only later.
(b) Only at first.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

13. With what are the sheets attached?
(a) Nails.
(b) Pegs.
(c) Screws.
(d) Bolts.

14. In 1302 the glass makers begin to make the colored glass for ___________.
(a) The floor tiles.
(b) The skylights.
(c) The sculptures.
(d) The huge cathedral windows.

15. These drain pipes then go to down spouts located on ___________.
(a) The gutters.
(b) The buttresses.
(c) The foundation.
(d) The roof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the people of Chutreaux lucky?

3. Wooden arches, like ____________, are placed from pier to pier.

4. Soon thereafter who dies and is replaced?

5. Sadly, in 1329 who dies?

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