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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What group commissioned the majority of the projects that Filippo worked on in 1419?
(a) Bricklayers Guild.
(b) Wool Guild.
(c) Builders Guild.
(d) Mason's Guild.

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

4. What type of sandstone was used for grindstones in the middle ages?
(a) Lithic.
(b) Arkoses.
(c) Shale.
(d) Macigno.

5. When was the contest to find someone to create a model for the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore announced?
(a) August 20th, 1418.
(b) August 21st 1418.
(c) August 22nd, 1418.
(d) August 19, 1418.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?

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

3. What nationality was the man who built the aqueduct in Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

4. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?

5. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?

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