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

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

3. What was Filippo's nickname?
(a) Pippo.
(b) Phil.
(c) Fili.
(d) Pip.

4. What type of trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Maple.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Fir.

5. What were the most obvious problems in building the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) How to mold marble.
(b) How to lift the heavy building materials above the ground.
(c) How to get the workers to the level of the dome.
(d) How to create a circular structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what district of Florence did Filippo live?

2. What group commissioned the majority of the projects that Filippo worked on in 1419?

3. Who commissioned the St. Matthew statue for the church of Orsanmichele?

4. What did Cimabue mean?

5. What river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Nonius Datus?

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

4. How did Filippo develop his interest in solving mechanical problems?

5. What projects did Lorenzo create during his career?

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

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

8. How were stones tested for quality?

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

10. What was a rota magna?

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