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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. Who replaces this man?

2. While the windows are being installed the underside of the vaulted ceiling is ____________.

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

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

5. The glass is removed from the pipe and _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are cast for the cathedral? How are they unique?

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

3. What are vassoirs?

4. When is the cathedral ready for the vaulted ceiling? What foundation is also built at the same time?

5. How are the bells finished?

6. Why is Wiliam of Planz replaced?

7. Describe the drain pipes.

8. What happens after the webbing has set hard?

9. Describe the cathedral's three huge doors.

10. Describe the construction of the roof.

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

The organizing of the building of this cathedral is very precise and orderly.

Part 1) Describe the steps involved in designing and constructing this cathedral? How is each step important?

Part 2) How is each aspect of the building project connected to another? How important is one step to another? Are there any flaws in this plan? If so, what are they? If not, how are there no flaws?

Part 3) Are the building projects as organized today? Why or why not? Are they as laborious? Why or why not?

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?

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