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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Gothic architecture is marked by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.

• These features let medieval builders construct taller walls with far larger window openings.

• The larger openings made expansive stained glass a defining feature of Gothic cathedrals.

• Chartres Cathedral in France is renowned for its vast stained-glass windows.

The student wants to explain how a structural innovation of Gothic architecture affected the appearance of cathedrals.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

• A.

  Chartres Cathedral in France is renowned for its vast stained-glass windows.

• B.

  Gothic architecture is marked by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.

• C.

  By enabling taller walls with far larger openings, Gothic structural features made expansive stained glass a defining feature of cathedrals such as Chartres.

• D.

  Medieval builders used pointed arches and ribbed vaults to construct Gothic cathedrals.