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

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

3. How did the author describe the hills surrounding Florence in the 1400s?
(a) Intermediate.
(b) Supplementary.
(c) Supine.
(d) Carrying.

4. When was the winning design for the wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore chosen?
(a) August, 1424.
(b) August, 1425.
(c) August, 1426.
(d) August, 1423.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

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

3. What was the prize for creating a wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?

5. Who said that the founder of Florence was Lucius Cornelius Sulla?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rome like in the 1400s?

2. How were stones tested for quality?

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

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

5. What was construction like on the hoist for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

6. How did master builders during Filippo's time regulate the curvature of domes?

7. What was the most important religious feast of Brunelleschi's time?

8. What Roman landmark was of great interest in the 1400s?

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

10. Why did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of marriage?

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