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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the city of Florence go to war with in 1424?
(a) Duke of Rome.
(b) Duke of Naples.
(c) Duke of Venice.
(d) Duke of Milan.

2. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Botticelli.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Da Vinci.

3. When was the second sandstone chain placed at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1428.
(b) 1426.
(c) 1429.
(d) 1427.

4. What feast in Florence in 1436 was the most spectacular of that year?
(a) Saint's Feast.
(b) Feast of the people.
(c) Consecration Feast.
(d) Feast of Annunciation.

5. In what year was the Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?
(a) 1439.
(b) 1438.
(c) 1436.
(d) 1437.

6. What color was bianchi marmi marble?
(a) Gold.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Cream.

7. How long did the brick makers in Florence have to wait to unload the kiln after the bricks were done being fired?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

8. What feat of physical prowess did Leon Battista Alberti accomplish?
(a) Carrying loads of heavy stone on his back.
(b) Piercing an iron breastplate with an arrow.
(c) Slaying a huge beast.
(d) Creating a new invention.

9. What did a bishop have concerns about in the fifteenth century regarding Florence's churches?
(a) Corruption in the papacy.
(b) Structures not being secure.
(c) Thieves breaking in.
(d) Corpses defiling the church.

10. How many sets of stairs were in Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. How high above the drum was the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1428?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) 85 feet.
(d) 70 feet.

12. How many colors of marble were ordered to cover the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

13. When did the wardens in charge of Santa Maria del Fiore order Filippo to speed up construction?
(a) May 1434.
(b) May 1436.
(c) May 1433.
(d) May 1435.

14. How many years had it taken to build the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 142.
(b) 141.
(c) 140.
(d) 143.

15. When did Leon Battista Alberti write his famous description of the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1429.
(b) 1430.
(c) 1428.
(d) 1431.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what pier in Santa Maria del Fiore did the steps begin?

2. When did Florentine mercenaries attack Lucca?

3. Who commissioned a plaster cast of Filippo's head after his death?

4. Who was the pope in 1436?

5. At what temperature were bricks fired in Florence in the 1400's?

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