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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pounds of bronze were melted for the Baptistery doors in Florence?
(a) 34,000 lbs.
(b) 36,000 lbs.
(c) 35,000 lbs.
(d) 37,000 lbs.

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

3. What was the Italian word for the building trade workers?
(a) Popolo minuto.
(b) Bravo lavoratore.
(c) Fabbricare.
(d) Constatazione.

4. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?
(a) Cosimo Lapi.
(b) Apollonio Lapi.
(c) Cosimo Medici.
(d) Apollonio Medici.

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

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

7. What did the majority of architectural commissions that Filippo received in 1419 include?
(a) Cupolas.
(b) Domes.
(c) Lanterns.
(d) Staircases.

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

9. Who built a bronze statue of St. Matthew for the church of Orsanmichele in 1422?
(a) Johan.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Filippo.

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

11. 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) 4 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

13. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

14. What type of sandstone was used for grindstones in the middle ages?
(a) Arkoses.
(b) Macigno.
(c) Shale.
(d) Lithic.

15. What was Filippo's father's first name?
(a) Severali.
(b) Ser.
(c) Serphani.
(d) Serentino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commissioned the St. Matthew statue for the church of Orsanmichele?

2. What group commissioned the majority of the projects that Filippo worked on in 1419?

3. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?

4. What were the catacombs in Florence used for in the 1400s?

5. What was the meaning of the name that unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore were called?

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