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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Maple.
(b) Oak.
(c) Fir.
(d) Pine.

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

3. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Botticelli.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Allegieri.

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

5. What was the name of the pope that arrived in Florence in January 1419?
(a) Pope Nicholas IV.
(b) Pope Eugene IV.
(c) Pope Gregory XII.
(d) Pope Martin V.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?

2. What was Filippo's nickname?

3. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

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

5. What were the catacombs in Florence used for in the 1400s?

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