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

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

3. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?
(a) His design didn't work.
(b) He broke his leg.
(c) He became very ill.
(d) He broke his arm.

4. What Roman ruins were built with the forced labor of early Christians?
(a) Colosseum.
(b) Domus Aruea.
(c) The Baths of Diocletian.
(d) Constantine's Arch.

5. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Sextus Julius Frontinus.
(b) Julius Sextus Frontinus.
(c) Julius Frontinus.
(d) Julius Sextus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author say the atmosphere in Rome was like?

2. What was the largest Florentine guild of Filippo's time?

3. How many years had it taken to build the Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What group in Florence ordered the most bianchi marmi?

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

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