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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did work begin on the device Filippo created to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1422.
(b) 1421.
(c) 1423.
(d) 1420.

2. When were Filippo's remains exhumed?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1975,
(d) 1973.

3. What skill did Filippo have according to his biographer?
(a) Bricklayer.
(b) Architect.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Goldsmith.

4. Who commissioned the St. Matthew statue for the church of Orsanmichele?
(a) Bricklayers Guild.
(b) Stonemasons Guild.
(c) Architect's Guild.
(d) Bankers Guild.

5. What nationality was the man who built the aqueduct in Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Roman.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Italian word for the building trade workers?

2. What disease killed 4/5 of Florence's population in 1348?

3. From the Renaissance on what did most domes have at the top?

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

5. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?

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