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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?
(a) He broke his arm.
(b) His design didn't work.
(c) He broke his leg.
(d) He became very ill.

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

3. What nationality was the man who built the aqueduct in Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Roman.

4. What was the meaning of the name that unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore were called?
(a) Men without name or family.
(b) Men of least importance.
(c) Men without a name.
(d) Men without family.

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

6. How many stone masons worked at Cava di Trassinaia after the work sheds were erected?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

7. What group commissioned the majority of the projects that Filippo worked on in 1419?
(a) Mason's Guild.
(b) Builders Guild.
(c) Wool Guild.
(d) Bricklayers Guild.

8. What were the catacombs in Florence used for in the 1400s?
(a) Tombs.
(b) Offices.
(c) Prisons.
(d) Storage.

9. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) August 7, 1420.
(b) August 8, 1420.
(c) August 10, 1420.
(d) August 9, 1420.

10. What competition played a pivotal role in Filippo's career?
(a) Design for lantern at Baptistery of San Giovanni.
(b) Design for dome at Santa Maria del Fiore.
(c) Design for lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore.
(d) Bronze doors for the Baptistery of San Giovanni.

11. What angle did the final layer of bricks on the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore lie at?
(a) 70 degrees.
(b) 60 degrees.
(c) 80 degrees.
(d) 90 degrees.

12. How many trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 150.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 250.

13. Who were the two main characters in "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Cosimo and Nicola Medici.
(b) Antonia and Cosimo Medici.
(c) Agnolo and Nicola de' Medici.
(d) Cosimo Medici and Agnolo.

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

15. When was Historia Florentinorum written?
(a) 1520s.
(b) 1490s.
(c) 1500s.
(d) 1510s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?

2. What was a rota magna?

3. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?

4. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?

5. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?

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