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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?
(a) Piave.
(b) Adige.
(c) Arno.
(d) Ponte Vecchio.

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

3. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Allegieri.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Botticelli.

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

5. What did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of?
(a) Family.
(b) The Opera.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Nobles.

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

7. How much did the sandstone beams used at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?
(a) 2000 lbs.
(b) 1800 lbs.
(c) 1700 lbs.
(d) 1900 lbs.

8. What line of work did Filippo apprentice in?
(a) Painting.
(b) Construction.
(c) Goldsmithing.
(d) Sculpture.

9. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?
(a) Nonius Datus.
(b) Filippo Datus.
(c) Lorenzo Datus.
(d) Johan Datus.

10. How many cartloads of sandstone had been brought into the Piazza del Duomo before the end of June 1421?
(a) 87.
(b) 88.
(c) 86.
(d) 89.

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

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

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) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

15. What was a rota magna used for?
(a) Lifting heavy beams.
(b) Lifting men.
(c) Lifting heavy marble.
(d) Lifting heavy stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the worst outbreak of the Black Death in Florence occur?

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

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

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

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

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