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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did the pope stay in Florence after his arrival in January 1419?
(a) 21 months.
(b) 23 months.
(c) 20 months.
(d) 22 months.

4. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Lorenzo Bracciolini.
(b) Poggio Bracciolini.
(c) Julius Bracciolini.
(d) Filippo Bracciolini.

5. What did Cimabue mean?
(a) Sheep head.
(b) Ox head.
(c) Boars head.
(d) Cow head.

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

7. What was a rota magna?
(a) A hoist.
(b) Great wheel.
(c) A pulley.
(d) A crane.

8. In what district of Florence did Filippo live?
(a) Arcetri.
(b) Novoli.
(c) San Giovanni.
(d) Galluzzo.

9. What was created after Filippo's device for the Santa Maria del Fiore was finished?
(a) Limestone chain.
(b) Marble chain.
(c) Granite chain.
(d) Sandstone chain.

10. What were the most obvious problems in building the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) How to mold marble.
(b) How to create a circular structure.
(c) How to get the workers to the level of the dome.
(d) How to lift the heavy building materials above the ground.

11. What was the city of Rome known as?
(a) City of Love.
(b) City of Lights.
(c) City of the Renaissance.
(d) The Eternal City.

12. What did Filippo create to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) A crane.
(b) A hoist.
(c) A scaffold.
(d) A pulley system.

13. How long would it have taken a craftsman to earn the amount of money that was being given away in the dome designing contest?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

14. What guidebook in the 1400s directed visitors to the holy sites of Rome?
(a) Descriptio urbis Romae.
(b) Mirabilia urbis romae.
(c) Roma instaurata.
(d) Roma Sotterranea.

15. What was the prize for creating a wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 100 florins.
(b) 250 florins.
(c) 150 florins.
(d) 200 florins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe the hills surrounding Florence in the 1400s?

2. When were work sheds erected in Cava di Trassinaia?

3. How many people died in the worst Black Death outbreak in Florence?

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

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

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