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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bricks could the average kiln hold?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 20,000.

2. What type of problems did buildings of large dimensions cause?
(a) Construction.
(b) Architectural.
(c) Moral.
(d) Time restraints.

3. Who plagiarized Filippo's lantern design?
(a) Antonio di Ciaccheri Manetti.
(b) Antonio Niolis.
(c) Antonio Bianchi.
(d) Antonio Ghiberti.

4. Who called Florence "that beautiful and famous daughter of Rome"?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Dante.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Da Vinci.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what town in Italy did bianchi marmi marble come from?

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

3. Who won the wooden chain designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. When did work begin on the device Filippo created to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. How old was Filippo in 1418?

(see the answer key)

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