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

2. Who were the two main characters in "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Cosimo Medici and Agnolo.
(b) Cosimo and Nicola Medici.
(c) Agnolo and Nicola de' Medici.
(d) Antonia and Cosimo Medici.

3. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Pietro Bassegio.
(b) Giovanni di Simone.
(c) Andrea Pisano.
(d) Arnolfo di Cambio.

4. 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) Awed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Breathtaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?

3. What famous member of the Medici family was exiled in 1433?

4. What else did the brick makers in Florence mold in their kilns?

5. What did a bishop have concerns about in the fifteenth century regarding Florence's churches?

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