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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 was the size of a basic brick used in Florence during the 1400s?
(a) 5 inches wide x 10 inches long.
(b) 6 inches wide x 10 inches long.
(c) 7 inches wide x 10 inches long.
(d) 8 inches wide x 10 inches long.

2. When did Leon Battista Alberti write his famous description of the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1431.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1428.
(d) 1429.

3. What type of diversity did the story of the Tower of Babel account for?
(a) Educational.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Gender.
(d) Race.

4. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?
(a) John Ghiberti.
(b) Angelo Ghiberti.
(c) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(d) Cosimo Ghiberti.

5. How many architectural commissions did Filippo receive in 1419?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?

2. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. Who wrote "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?

4. Where was the cathedral located that Filippo gave advice on the construction of in 1412?

5. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?

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