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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. How many different types of bricks were required in the construction of the cupola at the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

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

4. How far from Florence was the city of Lucca?
(a) 40 miles.
(b) 60 miles.
(c) 70 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

5. When did Leon Battista Alberti write his famous description of the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1428.
(b) 1431.
(c) 1430.
(d) 1429.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many religious feasts were held each week in Florence during Filippo's time?

3. What was the Italian word for the building trade workers?

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

5. What nationality was the man who built the aqueduct in Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

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