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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. How many bricks could the average kiln hold?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. How many colors of marble were ordered to cover the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. How many pounds did the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?
(a) 38,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 39,000.
(d) 37,000.

4. What color was bianchi marmi marble?
(a) Cream.
(b) Gold.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall did contemporary tests determine that Filippo had been?

2. How many bricks could the average brick maker in Florence fire per year?

3. Who imprisoned Filippo in 1434?

4. Who did the city of Florence go to war with in 1424?

5. How far from Florence was the city of Lucca?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were the residents of Florence placed after their deaths during Filippo's time?

2. What did Lorenzo do to aggravate the wardens?

3. What was Lorenzo's notorious reputation?

4. In what order did the capomaestros die?

5. Why was the consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore so important to Filippo?

6. Why were bricks carefully regulated in Florence?

7. What two acts on the part of the Opera revealed how much faith they placed in Filippo?

8. How was marble extracted at Carrara?

9. What did Alberti say about the dome being constructed at Santa Maria del Fiore?

10. What happened to Filippo in August 1434 after the meeting with the wardens?

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