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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the model for the item that was developed after Filippo's device was finished?
(a) Jacopo di Niccolo.
(b) Jacopo Medici.
(c) Jacopo Andreas.
(d) Jacopo Ghiberti.

2. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Andrea Pisano.
(b) Arnolfo di Cambio.
(c) Giovanni di Simone.
(d) Pietro Bassegio.

3. When was the foundation for the Santa Maria del Fiore laid?
(a) 1298.
(b) 1299.
(c) 1297.
(d) 1296.

4. What was the Italian word for the building trade workers?
(a) Fabbricare.
(b) Bravo lavoratore.
(c) Constatazione.
(d) Popolo minuto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?

2. What guidebook in the 1400s directed visitors to the holy sites of Rome?

3. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?

4. In what district of Florence did Filippo live?

5. What did the author say the atmosphere in Rome was like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during the religious feasts of Brunelleschi's time?

2. What was considered the grandest building project in Florence in the 1400s?

3. What remarkable thing happened in Filippo's career in 1419?

4. What types of measuring tools were available to those working on the Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. What job was Filippo contracted to do in May 1417?

6. Why were Filippo and Lorenzo such strong rivals?

7. What was Rome like in the 1400s?

8. What caused a decision to be delayed in the dome designing contest for the Santa Maria Del Fiore?

9. Why did the author describe goldsmithing as "not the most wholesome of professions"?

10. What happened in the wooden chain designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

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