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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Poggio Bracciolini.
(b) Filippo Bracciolini.
(c) Lorenzo Bracciolini.
(d) Julius Bracciolini.

2. What feat of physical prowess did Leon Battista Alberti accomplish?
(a) Slaying a huge beast.
(b) Piercing an iron breastplate with an arrow.
(c) Carrying loads of heavy stone on his back.
(d) Creating a new invention.

3. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?
(a) Small people.
(b) Important people.
(c) Regular people.
(d) Little people.

4. How old was Filippo when he died?
(a) 69.
(b) 72.
(c) 71.
(d) 70.

5. What was the largest Florentine guild of Filippo's time?
(a) Guild of Code Enforcers.
(b) Guild of Bricklayers.
(c) Guild of Stonemasons and Carpenters.
(d) Guild of Architects.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the dome designing contest being held?

2. In what year was the Alberti clan banished from Florence?

3. When did the city of Florence sign a truce with their enemy from 1424?

4. What was the Santa Maria Del Fiore being built to replace?

5. How many cartloads of sandstone had been brought into the Piazza del Duomo before the end of June 1421?

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