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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What guidebook in the 1400s directed visitors to the holy sites of Rome?
(a) Descriptio urbis Romae.
(b) Roma instaurata.
(c) Mirabilia urbis romae.
(d) Roma Sotterranea.

2. What did Cimabue mean?
(a) Cow head.
(b) Ox head.
(c) Sheep head.
(d) Boars head.

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

4. How much money would the winning designer of the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore win?
(a) 270 Florins.
(b) 200 Florins.
(c) 250 Florins.
(d) 260 Florins.

5. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Arnolfo di Cambio.
(b) Andrea Pisano.
(c) Giovanni di Simone.
(d) Pietro Bassegio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the worst outbreak of the Black Death in Florence occur?

2. Where was the cathedral located that Filippo gave advice on the construction of in 1412?

3. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?

4. How old was Filippo in 1418?

5. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?

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