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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 tool did Leon Battista Alberti create to survey the Roman ruins?
(a) Astrolabe.
(b) Microscope.
(c) Compass.
(d) Sifter.
2. How tall did contemporary tests determine that Filippo had been?
(a) 5 feet 7 inches.
(b) 5 feet 4 inches.
(c) 5 feet 5 inches.
(d) 5 feet 6 inches.
3. How many masons at Santa Maria del Fiore were fired in December 1430?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.
4. What group in Florence ordered the most bianchi marmi?
(a) The Wardens.
(b) The Opera.
(c) The Stonemasons.
(d) The Bricklayers.
5. Who had been commissioned to create the box where the remains were supposed to be displayed in at Santa Maria del Fiore's consecration ceremony?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Filippo.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) John.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of people were required to transport bianchi marmi marble in Italy?
2. Which famous Italian artist used bianchi marmi marble for his statues?
3. Who imprisoned Filippo in 1434?
4. What was the size of a basic brick used in Florence during the 1400s?
5. What type of problems did buildings of large dimensions cause?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were bricks carefully regulated in Florence?
2. Why was the quality of the mortar very important in the construction of the dome?
3. What was one of the most striking features of the climb up to the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
4. What tributes were made to Filippo after his death?
5. How did the war against Lucca impact the progress of construction at Santa Maria del Fiore?
6. What do modern commentators believe that the story of the tower of Babel tried to account for?
7. What type of marble came from Carrara, Italy?
8. Which of the capomaestros was known as the most influential sculptor of his time?
9. How was marble extracted at Carrara?
10. Why was the consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore so important to Filippo?
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