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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of diversity did the story of the Tower of Babel account for?
(a) Gender.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Race.
(d) Educational.

2. How many people died in the worst Black Death outbreak in Florence?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 12,000.

3. How many men worked on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 350.
(b) 500.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

4. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?
(a) Regular people.
(b) Little people.
(c) Small people.
(d) Important people.

5. Who consecrated the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Cardinal John.
(b) Cardinal Michel.
(c) Cardinal Francois.
(d) Cardinal Antoninus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?

2. What did the majority of architectural commissions that Filippo received in 1419 include?

3. In what year did Filippo begin rebuilding the Augustinian church of Santo Spirito?

4. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?

5. Why did most architects from the middle ages remain anonymous?

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