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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Fir.
(d) Pine.

3. How many architectural commissions did Filippo receive in 1419?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

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

6. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Julius Sextus.
(b) Julius Sextus Frontinus.
(c) Julius Frontinus.
(d) Sextus Julius Frontinus.

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

8. How old was Filippo in 1418?
(a) 42.
(b) 41.
(c) 4.
(d) 44.

9. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Pietro Bassegio.
(b) Arnolfo di Cambio.
(c) Giovanni di Simone.
(d) Andrea Pisano.

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

11. When did work begin on the device Filippo created to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1420.
(b) 1421.
(c) 1423.
(d) 1422.

12. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?
(a) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(b) John Ghiberti.
(c) Cosimo Ghiberti.
(d) Angelo Ghiberti.

13. How old was the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

14. When was the winning design for the wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore chosen?
(a) August, 1425.
(b) August, 1424.
(c) August, 1426.
(d) August, 1423.

15. What was the meaning of Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Our Lady of Poverty.
(b) Our Lady of Means.
(c) Our Lady of Justice.
(d) Our Lady of the Flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

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

3. When was the book "On Aqueducts" rediscovered?

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

5. What was the wooden chain at Santa Maria del Fiore made of?

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