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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of problems did buildings of large dimensions cause?
(a) Moral.
(b) Architectural.
(c) Construction.
(d) Time restraints.

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

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

4. Who were the two main characters in "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Cosimo and Nicola Medici.
(b) Agnolo and Nicola de' Medici.
(c) Cosimo Medici and Agnolo.
(d) Antonia and Cosimo Medici.

5. When was the book "On Aqueducts" rediscovered?
(a) 1430s.
(b) 1440s.
(c) 1420s.
(d) 1450s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

2. In what year was the Alberti clan banished from Florence?

3. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?

4. What were the most obvious problems in building the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. What was a rota magna?

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