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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. When were work sheds erected in Cava di Trassinaia?
(a) March 1422.
(b) March 1423.
(c) March 1421.
(d) March 1424.

2. How long had they been planning the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore before the construction began?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 70 years.

3. What else did the brick makers in Florence mold in their kilns?
(a) Granite.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Limestone.

4. Who said that the founder of Florence was Lucius Cornelius Sulla?
(a) Lorenzo Bruni.
(b) Leonardo Bruni.
(c) Filippo Bruni.
(d) John Bruni.

5. What was the name of the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) Andrea Michaleo.
(b) Andrea Duomo.
(c) Andrea Cavalcanti.
(d) Andrea Ghiberti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of?

2. How many people were left in Rome after the Black Death outbreak of 1348?

3. What was the city of Rome known as?

4. Who commissioned the St. Matthew statue for the church of Orsanmichele?

5. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?

(see the answer key)

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