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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Alberti clan banished from Florence?
(a) 1412.
(b) 1413.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1414.

2. What feat of physical prowess did Leon Battista Alberti accomplish?
(a) Slaying a huge beast.
(b) Piercing an iron breastplate with an arrow.
(c) Creating a new invention.
(d) Carrying loads of heavy stone on his back.

3. From what town in Italy did bianchi marmi marble come from?
(a) Prato.
(b) Fiesole.
(c) Lucca.
(d) Carrara.

4. How many colors of marble were ordered to cover the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. Where were most goldsmith shops in Florence located during Filippo's time?
(a) Lucca.
(b) Santa Croce.
(c) Prato.
(d) Carrara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?

3. How old was Filippo in 1418?

4. Who built a bronze statue of St. Matthew for the church of Orsanmichele in 1422?

5. What did Filippo create to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?

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