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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. When did Leon Battista Alberti write his famous description of the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1428.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1429.
(d) 1431.

2. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?
(a) Apollonio Lapi.
(b) Cosimo Medici.
(c) Apollonio Medici.
(d) Cosimo Lapi.

3. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?
(a) Ponte Vecchio.
(b) Piave.
(c) Arno.
(d) Adige.

4. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?
(a) 1400.
(b) 1398.
(c) 1401.
(d) 1399.

5. How many bricks could the average brick maker in Florence fire per year?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 450,000.
(d) 300,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the size of a basic brick used in Florence during the 1400s?

2. How many years had it taken to build the Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. When did Florentine mercenaries attack Lucca?

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

5. Who commissioned the St. Matthew statue for the church of Orsanmichele?

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