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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?
(a) Axe.
(b) Saw.
(c) Pick.
(d) Chisel.

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

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

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

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

9. What did Cimabue mean?
(a) Ox head.
(b) Cow head.
(c) Boars head.
(d) Sheep head.

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

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

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

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

14. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?
(a) Design skills.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Experiment in linear perspective.
(d) Construction skills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?

2. When were work sheds erected in Cava di Trassinaia?

3. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. Who built a bronze statue of St. Matthew for the church of Orsanmichele in 1422?

5. What were the unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore called?

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