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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 meaning of the name that unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore were called?
(a) Men without family.
(b) Men without a name.
(c) Men without name or family.
(d) Men of least importance.

2. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

4. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Our Lady of Justice.
(b) Our Lady of Poverty.
(c) Our Lady of Means.
(d) Our Lady of the Flower.

5. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?
(a) Cosimo Lapi.
(b) Apollonio Medici.
(c) Apollonio Lapi.
(d) Cosimo Medici.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?

2. When was the foundation for the Santa Maria del Fiore laid?

3. What Roman ruins were built with the forced labor of early Christians?

4. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. How long would it have taken a craftsman to earn the amount of money that was being given away in the dome designing contest?

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