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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the bust that was made after Filippo's death made of?
(a) Slate.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Granite.

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

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

4. What war did Florence end in 1414?
(a) War with the Kingdom of Rome.
(b) War with the Kingdom of Milan.
(c) War with the Kingdom of Venice.
(d) War with the Kingdom of Naples.

5. How many bricks could the average brick maker in Florence fire per year?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 450,000.
(d) 350,000.

6. When was the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?
(a) March 1446.
(b) May 1446.
(c) June 1446.
(d) April 1446.

7. What skill did Filippo have according to his biographer?
(a) Goldsmith.
(b) Architect.
(c) Bricklayer.
(d) Blacksmith.

8. What tool did Leon Battista Alberti create to survey the Roman ruins?
(a) Microscope.
(b) Sifter.
(c) Compass.
(d) Astrolabe.

9. Why did most architects from the middle ages remain anonymous?
(a) To concentrate on their work.
(b) Because they didn't want their identity to take away from their skills.
(c) To avoid being shunned.
(d) To avoid prejudice.

10. Who had been commissioned to create the box where the remains were supposed to be displayed in at Santa Maria del Fiore's consecration ceremony?
(a) Filippo.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) John.
(d) Antonio.

11. How many years had the residents of Florence been waiting to see the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore completed?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) 90.
(d) 100.

12. Who commissioned a plaster cast of Filippo's head after his death?
(a) Filippo's son.
(b) The Wardens.
(c) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(d) The Opera.

13. Who imprisoned Filippo in 1434?
(a) Raynaldo Silvestri.
(b) John Silvestri.
(c) Lorenzo Silvestri.
(d) Antonio Silvestri.

14. In what year did Lorenzo Ghiberti complete "Doors of Paradise"?
(a) 1450.
(b) 1447.
(c) 1448.
(d) 1449.

15. What were the ties made of that were used to stabilize the walls in the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Iron and wood.
(b) Marble.
(c) Iron.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the artist of the fresco that decorates the interior of the vault at Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. How many steps were there to the summit of Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. What capomaestro was fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. How many bricks could the average kiln hold?

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

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