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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 wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Sextus Julius Frontinus.
(b) Julius Sextus Frontinus.
(c) Julius Sextus.
(d) Julius Frontinus.

2. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?
(a) Filippo Datus.
(b) Nonius Datus.
(c) Lorenzo Datus.
(d) Johan Datus.

3. What angle did the final layer of bricks on the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore lie at?
(a) 90 degrees.
(b) 80 degrees.
(c) 60 degrees.
(d) 70 degrees.

4. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?
(a) John Ghiberti.
(b) Cosimo Ghiberti.
(c) Lorenzo Ghiberti.
(d) Angelo Ghiberti.

5. Who ultimately built the wooden chain?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Johan.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) Filippo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meaning of the name that unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore were called?

2. What disease killed 4/5 of Florence's population in 1348?

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

4. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?

5. Where was the cathedral located that Filippo gave advice on the construction of in 1412?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What projects did Lorenzo create during his career?

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Nonius Datus?

8. What was the work schedule like of the laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore?

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

10. How did stonemasons learn their trade?

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