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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. How many bricks could the average brick maker in Florence fire per year?
(a) 450,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 350,000.
2. What war did Florence end in 1414?
(a) War with the Kingdom of Venice.
(b) War with the Kingdom of Rome.
(c) War with the Kingdom of Naples.
(d) War with the Kingdom of Milan.
3. When did the city of Florence sign a truce with their enemy from 1424?
(a) 1428.
(b) 1431.
(c) 1429.
(d) 1430.
4. How much was Filippo's pay cut during the war of 1424?
(a) 60 florins.
(b) 50 florins.
(c) 70 florins.
(d) 80 florins.
5. When did Leon Battista Alberti write his famous description of the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1429.
(b) 1431.
(c) 1430.
(d) 1428.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the size of a basic brick used in Florence during the 1400s?
2. In what year was the capomaestro fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?
3. In what year did Lorenzo Ghiberti complete "Doors of Paradise"?
4. How many people entered the lantern designing contest for the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
5. How many colors of marble were ordered to cover the Santa Maria del Fiore?
Short Essay Questions
1. What idea was Filippo not able to convince the wardens to agree to?
2. What did Michelangelo believe he could accomplish in regard to Filippo?
3. What did Filippo propose to the wardens when Santa Maria del Fiore began to show cracks in 1429?
4. What did Annunciation Day celebrate?
5. What did Alberti say about the dome being constructed at Santa Maria del Fiore?
6. Why were bricks carefully regulated in Florence?
7. What two acts on the part of the Opera revealed how much faith they placed in Filippo?
8. What meeting was Filippo worried about having with the wardens regarding the dome in 1426?
9. What do modern commentators believe that the story of the tower of Babel tried to account for?
10. What did Lorenzo do to aggravate the wardens?
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