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

2. What was the wooden chain at Santa Maria del Fiore made of?
(a) Pine.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Oak.
(d) Mahogany.

3. What line of work did Filippo apprentice in?
(a) Painting.
(b) Construction.
(c) Goldsmithing.
(d) Sculpture.

4. Who wrote "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Juan Ruiz.
(b) Thomas Malory.
(c) Leon Battista Alberti.
(d) Pierre Abelard.

5. How long had they been planning the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore before the construction began?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 70 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 80 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Historia Florentinorum written?

2. What was created after Filippo's device for the Santa Maria del Fiore was finished?

3. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?

5. Where was the book "On Aqueducts" rediscovered?

(see the answer key)

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