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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What guidebook in the 1400s directed visitors to the holy sites of Rome?
(a) Roma instaurata.
(b) Mirabilia urbis romae.
(c) Descriptio urbis Romae.
(d) Roma Sotterranea.

2. When was the foundation for the Santa Maria del Fiore laid?
(a) 1299.
(b) 1297.
(c) 1296.
(d) 1298.

3. How many people died in the worst Black Death outbreak in Florence?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 14,000.

4. In what district of Florence did Filippo live?
(a) Novoli.
(b) San Giovanni.
(c) Galluzzo.
(d) Arcetri.

5. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Andrea Pisano.
(b) Giovanni di Simone.
(c) Pietro Bassegio.
(d) Arnolfo di Cambio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would it have taken a craftsman to earn the amount of money that was being given away in the dome designing contest?

2. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?

3. Who said that the founder of Florence was Lucius Cornelius Sulla?

4. Where was the dome designing contest being held?

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

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