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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What did Cimabue mean?

3. How many men worked on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What was the Santa Maria Del Fiore being built to replace?

5. In what year did the worst outbreak of the Black Death in Florence occur?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What caused a decision to be delayed in the dome designing contest for the Santa Maria Del Fiore?

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

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

5. How much time did Filippo spend in Rome, and why did he go there?

6. How were stones tested for quality?

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

8. What remarkable thing happened in Filippo's career in 1419?

9. How did master builders during Filippo's time regulate the curvature of domes?

10. What issues was the dome designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore attempting to resolve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Filippo was betrayed by several people he worked with throughout his career. Discuss betrayals that Filippo experienced in his life and how they affected his personal life and his career.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the role of the warden to the role of Brunelleschi and Ghiberti in the construction of the Santa Maria del Fiore.

Essay Topic 3

Flippo experienced conflicts with fellow architects. Discuss the conflicts that Flippo experienced and how these conflicts affected Flippo and his work.

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