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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

2. What disease killed 4/5 of Florence's population in 1348?
(a) Polio.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) Black Death.
(d) Botulism.

3. What did the author say the atmosphere in Rome was like?
(a) Disappointing.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Thrilling.
(d) Hucksterish.

4. What line of work did Filippo apprentice in?
(a) Goldsmithing.
(b) Construction.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Painting.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feat of physical prowess did Leon Battista Alberti accomplish?

2. How much did the sandstone beams used at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?

3. How many sets of stairs were in Santa Maria del Fiore?

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

5. What was the view on architecture in the middle ages?

(see the answer key)

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