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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Sextus Julius Frontinus.
(b) Julius Sextus Frontinus.
(c) Julius Sextus.
(d) Julius Frontinus.

2. What type of problems did buildings of large dimensions cause?
(a) Architectural.
(b) Time restraints.
(c) Construction.
(d) Moral.

3. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?
(a) 1398.
(b) 1399.
(c) 1400.
(d) 1401.

4. When was "On the Tranquility of the Soul" written?
(a) 1444.
(b) 1442.
(c) 1441.
(d) 1443.

5. What feast in Florence in 1436 was the most spectacular of that year?
(a) Saint's Feast.
(b) Consecration Feast.
(c) Feast of Annunciation.
(d) Feast of the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?

2. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?

3. What did a bishop have concerns about in the fifteenth century regarding Florence's churches?

4. Who commissioned a plaster cast of Filippo's head after his death?

5. What type of gallery did Filippo add to his dome plans for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1419?

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