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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who consecrated the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Cardinal Michel.
(b) Cardinal John.
(c) Cardinal Francois.
(d) Cardinal Antoninus.

2. Why was Lorenzo immune from arrest in 1433?
(a) He paid his dues.
(b) He had joined the Masons Guild.
(c) He was friends with the group that was arresting people.
(d) He bargained with the guild to avoid arrest.

3. How many different types of bricks were required in the construction of the cupola at the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. How tall did contemporary tests determine that Filippo had been?
(a) 5 feet 7 inches.
(b) 5 feet 4 inches.
(c) 5 feet 5 inches.
(d) 5 feet 6 inches.

5. From what town in Italy did bianchi marmi marble come from?
(a) Fiesole.
(b) Prato.
(c) Lucca.
(d) Carrara.

6. How high above the drum was the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1428?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 85 feet.
(c) 75 feet.
(d) 80 feet.

7. What capomaestro was fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Giovanni d' Ambrogio.
(b) Arnolfo di Cambio.
(c) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(d) Emilio De Fabris.

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

9. How many years had the residents of Florence been waiting to see the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore completed?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 70.
(d) 90.

10. From the Renaissance on what did most domes have at the top?
(a) Steeple.
(b) Spire.
(c) Bell.
(d) Lanterns.

11. Who was the pope in 1436?
(a) Eugenius IV.
(b) Clement VII.
(c) Boniface IX.
(d) Leo X.

12. Who plagiarized Filippo's lantern design?
(a) Antonio Bianchi.
(b) Antonio Ghiberti.
(c) Antonio Niolis.
(d) Antonio di Ciaccheri Manetti.

13. When did the city of Florence sign a truce with their enemy from 1424?
(a) 1428.
(b) 1431.
(c) 1430.
(d) 1429.

14. What type of operation was bronze casting in the middle ages?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Precarious.
(c) Laborious.
(d) Exciting.

15. When were Filippo's remains exhumed?
(a) 1975,
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the size of a basic brick used in Florence during the 1400s?

2. How many scenes were in "Doors of Paradise"?

3. Which famous Italian artist used bianchi marmi marble for his statues?

4. What type of diversity did the story of the Tower of Babel account for?

5. How many masons at Santa Maria del Fiore were fired in December 1430?

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