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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore called?
(a) Uomini nome e famiglia.
(b) Senza nome famiglia.
(c) Famiglia nome Uomini.
(d) Uomini senza nome e famiglia.

2. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?
(a) 1398.
(b) 1401.
(c) 1400.
(d) 1399.

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

4. Where were most goldsmith shops in Florence located during Filippo's time?
(a) Prato.
(b) Santa Croce.
(c) Carrara.
(d) Lucca.

5. When was "On the Tranquility of the Soul" written?
(a) 1443.
(b) 1442.
(c) 1441.
(d) 1444.

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

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

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

9. How many people were left in Rome after the Black Death outbreak of 1348?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of gallery did Filippo add to his dome plans for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1419?

4. What type of sandstone was used for grindstones in the middle ages?

5. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?

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