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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 long did the brick makers in Florence have to wait to unload the kiln after the bricks were done being fired?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

2. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Dante.
(d) Botticelli.

3. At what pier in Santa Maria del Fiore did the steps begin?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) Southeastern.
(c) Northeastern.
(d) Southwestern.

4. In what year did Filippo begin rebuilding the Augustinian church of Santo Spirito?
(a) 1431.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1428.
(d) 1429.

5. In what direction did the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore wind on the way up?
(a) Counterclockwise.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) Clockwise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the majority of the exterior of the Santa Maria del Fiore tiled in?

2. How many pounds did the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?

3. What capomaestro was fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What skill did Filippo have according to his biographer?

5. What was the view on architecture in the middle ages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Michelangelo believe he could accomplish in regard to Filippo?

2. In what order did the capomaestros die?

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

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

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

6. Discuss the fresco that decorated the interior of the vault at Santa Maria del Fiore.

7. What did Filippo propose to the wardens when Santa Maria del Fiore began to show cracks in 1429?

8. Discuss the stairwells at Santa Maria del Fiore.

9. Why was the quality of the mortar very important in the construction of the dome?

10. What did Pope Eugenius IV do at the beginning of the Feast of Annunciation in 1436?

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