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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 competition played a pivotal role in Filippo's career?
(a) Design for lantern at Baptistery of San Giovanni.
(b) Design for dome at Santa Maria del Fiore.
(c) Bronze doors for the Baptistery of San Giovanni.
(d) Design for lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore.

2. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Our Lady of Justice.
(b) Our Lady of the Flower.
(c) Our Lady of Means.
(d) Our Lady of Poverty.

3. What was the Italian word for the building trade workers?
(a) Fabbricare.
(b) Popolo minuto.
(c) Constatazione.
(d) Bravo lavoratore.

4. What were the catacombs in Florence used for in the 1400s?
(a) Storage.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Prisons.
(d) Offices.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of gallery did Filippo add to his dome plans for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1419?

2. When was the contest to find someone to create a model for the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore announced?

3. What group commissioned the majority of the projects that Filippo worked on in 1419?

4. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. What was Filippo's father's first name?

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