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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was at Filippo's side when he died?
(a) His cousin.
(b) One of the wardens.
(c) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(d) His son.

2. How many stone masons worked at Cava di Trassinaia after the work sheds were erected?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

3. Who wrote "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Pierre Abelard.
(b) Leon Battista Alberti.
(c) Thomas Malory.
(d) Juan Ruiz.

4. What else did the brick makers in Florence mold in their kilns?
(a) Granite.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Limestone.

5. How many months before the consecration of the Santa Maria del Fiore dome did Lorenzo's position as capomaestro end?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

2. What skill did Filippo have according to his biographer?

3. Who consecrated the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What was the name of the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?

5. How many masons at Santa Maria del Fiore were fired in December 1430?

(see the answer key)

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