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

2. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) August 9, 1420.
(b) August 7, 1420.
(c) August 10, 1420.
(d) August 8, 1420.

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

4. In what year did the worst outbreak of the Black Death in Florence occur?
(a) 1401.
(b) 1402.
(c) 1400.
(d) 1403.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cimabue mean?

2. Who called Florence "that beautiful and famous daughter of Rome"?

3. How many people died in the worst Black Death outbreak in Florence?

4. What Roman ruins were built with the forced labor of early Christians?

5. What was the name of the Roman high road from the south?

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