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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of sandstone was used for grindstones in the middle ages?
(a) Arkoses.
(b) Lithic.
(c) Macigno.
(d) Shale.

2. How long did the pope stay in Florence after his arrival in January 1419?
(a) 21 months.
(b) 22 months.
(c) 23 months.
(d) 20 months.

3. Who won the wooden chain designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) Filippo.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Johan.

4. What was created after Filippo's device for the Santa Maria del Fiore was finished?
(a) Granite chain.
(b) Limestone chain.
(c) Marble chain.
(d) Sandstone chain.

5. When was Historia Florentinorum written?
(a) 1520s.
(b) 1510s.
(c) 1500s.
(d) 1490s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What was the name of the pope that arrived in Florence in January 1419?

3. What did the majority of architectural commissions that Filippo received in 1419 include?

4. In what year did Filippo permanently return to Florence?

5. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were stones tested for quality?

2. What was considered the grandest building project in Florence in the 1400s?

3. What was the most important religious feast of Brunelleschi's time?

4. How did stonemasons learn their trade?

5. What was Filippo's appearance like when he was in his forties?

6. What types of measuring tools were available to those working on the Santa Maria del Fiore?

7. Why did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of marriage?

8. What Roman landmark was of great interest in the 1400s?

9. Why were Filippo and Lorenzo such strong rivals?

10. What job was Filippo contracted to do in May 1417?

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