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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. Who described the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore as being built "circle by circle"?
(a) Lorenzo Strozzi.
(b) Filippo Strozzi.
(c) Leon Strozzi.
(d) Giovanni Battista Strozzi.

2. Who said that the founder of Florence was Lucius Cornelius Sulla?
(a) Leonardo Bruni.
(b) Lorenzo Bruni.
(c) Filippo Bruni.
(d) John Bruni.

3. Where was the cathedral located that Filippo gave advice on the construction of in 1412?
(a) Carrara.
(b) Prato.
(c) Santa Croce.
(d) Lucca.

4. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?
(a) Construction skills.
(b) Design skills.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Experiment in linear perspective.

5. What word did the author use to describe how the people in Florence feel watching the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore being constructed?
(a) Excited.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Awed.
(d) Breathtaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?

2. How many people were left in Rome after the Black Death outbreak of 1348?

3. How many architectural commissions did Filippo receive in 1419?

4. Who called Florence "that beautiful and famous daughter of Rome"?

5. From what town in Italy did bianchi marmi marble come from?

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