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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 money would the winning designer of the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore win?
(a) 270 Florins.
(b) 200 Florins.
(c) 260 Florins.
(d) 250 Florins.

2. When was the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?
(a) March 1446.
(b) April 1446.
(c) June 1446.
(d) May 1446.

3. What feast in Florence in 1436 was the most spectacular of that year?
(a) Feast of Annunciation.
(b) Consecration Feast.
(c) Feast of the people.
(d) Saint's Feast.

4. What tool did Leon Battista Alberti create to survey the Roman ruins?
(a) Microscope.
(b) Sifter.
(c) Astrolabe.
(d) Compass.

5. How many bricks could the average brick maker in Florence fire per year?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 450,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cimabue mean?

2. What was the name of the carpenter who helped Filippo create his lantern design for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. When was the book "On Aqueducts" rediscovered?

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

5. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?

(see the answer key)

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