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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 was created after Filippo's device for the Santa Maria del Fiore was finished?
(a) Limestone chain.
(b) Marble chain.
(c) Sandstone chain.
(d) Granite chain.

2. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Julius Bracciolini.
(b) Filippo Bracciolini.
(c) Poggio Bracciolini.
(d) Lorenzo Bracciolini.

3. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?
(a) 1400.
(b) 1401.
(c) 1398.
(d) 1399.

4. How many people were left in Rome after the Black Death outbreak of 1348?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

5. What happened to the winner of the wooden chain designing contest when the time came to build the chain?
(a) He became very ill.
(b) He broke his arm.
(c) His design didn't work.
(d) He broke his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did work begin on the device Filippo created to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What was the name of Filippo's fellow goldsmith who was a renowned artist by the time he was forty?

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

4. What was the wooden chain at Santa Maria del Fiore made of?

5. Who created the model for the item that was developed after Filippo's device was finished?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much time did Filippo spend in Rome, and why did he go there?

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

3. What type of city was Florence in the 1400s?

4. How were stones tested for quality?

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

6. Who was Nonius Datus?

7. What were the remarkable features of Filippo's hoist?

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

9. Discuss the construction of the sandstone chain that was used at the Santa Maria del Fiore.

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

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