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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 river bank downstream from Florence did Filippo have leveled in 1420?
(a) Adige.
(b) Piave.
(c) Ponte Vecchio.
(d) Arno.

2. How much did the sandstone beams used at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?
(a) 1900 lbs.
(b) 1700 lbs.
(c) 1800 lbs.
(d) 2000 lbs.

3. What was a rota magna?
(a) A hoist.
(b) Great wheel.
(c) A crane.
(d) A pulley.

4. What did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of?
(a) The Opera.
(b) Family.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Nobles.

5. When did work begin on the device Filippo created to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1421.
(b) 1423.
(c) 1422.
(d) 1420.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money would the winning designer of the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore win?

2. What angle did the final layer of bricks on the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore lie at?

3. In what year did Filippo permanently return to Florence?

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

5. Who ultimately built the wooden chain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Lorenzo Ghiberti?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What projects did Lorenzo create during his career?

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

9. Who was Nonius Datus?

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

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