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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the sandstone beams used at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?
(a) 1900 lbs.
(b) 2000 lbs.
(c) 1700 lbs.
(d) 1800 lbs.

2. Whose iron rod model was destroyed after Filippo presented his model?
(a) Cosimo di Fioravanti's.
(b) John di Fioravanti's.
(c) Lorenzo di Fioravanti's.
(d) Neri di Fioravanti's.

3. What Roman ruins were built with the forced labor of early Christians?
(a) Domus Aruea.
(b) The Baths of Diocletian.
(c) Colosseum.
(d) Constantine's Arch.

4. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Construction skills.
(c) Design skills.
(d) Experiment in linear perspective.

5. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?
(a) Filippo Datus.
(b) Johan Datus.
(c) Nonius Datus.
(d) Lorenzo Datus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Lorenzo Ghiberti complete "Doors of Paradise"?

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

5. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?

(see the answer key)

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