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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Our Lady of the Flower.
(b) Our Lady of Justice.
(c) Our Lady of Poverty.
(d) Our Lady of Means.

2. What type of diversity did the story of the Tower of Babel account for?
(a) Educational.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Gender.
(d) Race.

3. What was the name of the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) Andrea Michaleo.
(b) Andrea Ghiberti.
(c) Andrea Cavalcanti.
(d) Andrea Duomo.

4. When was the winning design for the wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore chosen?
(a) August, 1425.
(b) August, 1423.
(c) August, 1424.
(d) August, 1426.

5. What type of problems did buildings of large dimensions cause?
(a) Moral.
(b) Construction.
(c) Time restraints.
(d) Architectural.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were most goldsmith shops in Florence located during Filippo's time?

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

3. How many miles from Florence was the town that bianchi marmi came from?

4. How many cartloads of sandstone had been brought into the Piazza del Duomo before the end of June 1421?

5. How many pounds of bronze were melted for the Baptistery doors in Florence?

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