By the early Middle Ages, the basic shape of Christian churches had evolved into that of a so-called Latin cross, with a long, rectangular room, or ___________, crossed by a shorter rectangular ______________ that ran perpendicular to the main space.
a. transept; ribbed vault
b. transept; nave
c. nave; transept
d. nave; buttress
e. trumeau; nave
c. nave; transept
a. Incorrect. Ribbed vaults are a part of ceiling construction.
b. Incorrect. The transept is not a long, rectangular room that the nave crosses.
c. Correct. A nave is a long rectangular room that the transept crosses forming an overall cross shape for the building.
d. Incorrect. While a nave is a long, rectangular room, a buttress does not cross not the nave to form a cross shape.
e. Incorrect. A trumeau is a feature in the doorway not a kind of space in the church.
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