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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years had it taken to build the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 143.
(b) 140.
(c) 141.
(d) 142.

2. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Fir.
(b) Pine.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

3. How old was the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

4. What were the unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore called?
(a) Uomini senza nome e famiglia.
(b) Uomini nome e famiglia.
(c) Famiglia nome Uomini.
(d) Senza nome famiglia.

5. What type of gallery did Filippo add to his dome plans for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1419?
(a) Square.
(b) Cylindrical.
(c) Octagonal.
(d) Circular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the ties made of that were used to stabilize the walls in the Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?

3. When was Historia Florentinorum written?

4. What was the meaning of the name that unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore were called?

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

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