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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) Bravo lavoratore.
(c) Fabbricare.
(d) Constatazione.

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

3. How old was the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What did the majority of architectural commissions that Filippo received in 1419 include?
(a) Domes.
(b) Staircases.
(c) Lanterns.
(d) Cupolas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the dome designing contest being held?

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

3. How old was Filippo in 1418?

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

5. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?

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