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The Beau Dieu refers to


A) a book by Augustine.
B) a statue at Amiens.
C) a statue at Reims.
D) a book by Hildegarde of Bingen.

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The west portal of ________ has an important sculptural program.


A) Salisbury Cathedral.
B) Florence Cathedral.
C) Reims Cathedral.
D) Cologne Cathedral.

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The Visitation is when


A) Gabriel visits Mary.
B) Christ visits Joseph.
C) Mary visits Elizabeth.
D) the angel visits Constantine.

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The Gothic style originated


A) on the Île Saint Louis.
B) on the Île-de-France.
C) at Chartres.
D) at Amiens.

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In a Gothic cathedral,a bay consists of


A) an arch and a triforium.
B) the space between two piers.
C) clerestory windows and a section of the nave arcade.
D) the space in the crossing.

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Compared to the west door jambs of Chartres,those on the south


A) are more two-dimensional.
B) are more three-dimensional.
C) are more frontal.
D) are elderly.
E) are more static.

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Sainte-Chapelle in Paris was commissioned by


A) Louis IX.
B) Suger.
C) Louis VI.
D) Louis VII.

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The central west portal of Chartres was


A) Late Romanesque.
B) Early Gothic.
C) High Gothic.
D) Late Gothic.

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The Antichrist was


A) a legendary monster.
B) an incarnation of Satan.
C) an incarnation of evil.
D) Frederick II.

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Which is NOT a correct pairing?


A) rose window - circle
B) towers - vertical
C) gable - rectangle
D) apse - semicircle

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The text upon which the sculptures above the center west portal at Chartres are based is from


A) The City of God.
B) the Gospel of John.
C) Revelation.
D) the Gospel of Matthew.

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Which is NOT true of English cathedrals?


A) They are set in a cathedral close.
B) They have more varied stone than French cathedrals.
C) They have fan vaults.
D) They usually rise directly from the high point of a city.

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Most great French Gothic cathedrals were dedicated to


A) Christ.
B) God.
C) the Virgin.
D) St.Joseph.
E) St.Peter.

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A cathedral is


A) the seat of a bishop.
B) a large church.
C) a Gothic church.
D) the center of an ecclesiastical hierarchy.

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English Gothic begins


A) with the façade of Salisbury Cathedral.
B) with the fan vaults of Kings College, Cambridge.
C) with the choir of Canterbury Cathedral.
D) with the Norman tower of Canterbury.

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