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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. Why did most architects from the middle ages remain anonymous?
(a) To avoid being shunned.
(b) Because they didn't want their identity to take away from their skills.
(c) To avoid prejudice.
(d) To concentrate on their work.

2. How much was Filippo's pay cut during the war of 1424?
(a) 80 florins.
(b) 50 florins.
(c) 60 florins.
(d) 70 florins.

3. What type of diversity did the story of the Tower of Babel account for?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Educational.
(c) Race.
(d) Gender.

4. How many people entered the lantern designing contest for the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. What feast in Florence in 1436 was the most spectacular of that year?
(a) Feast of the people.
(b) Saint's Feast.
(c) Feast of Annunciation.
(d) Consecration Feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Alberti clan banished from Florence?

2. In what year were cracks discovered in the side walls of the Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. When did Florentine mercenaries attack Lucca?

4. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?

5. What was the view on architecture in the middle ages?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do modern tourists do when they visit the Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What meeting was Filippo worried about having with the wardens regarding the dome in 1426?

3. What did Michelangelo believe he could accomplish in regard to Filippo?

4. How was marble extracted at Carrara?

5. Why was the quality of the mortar very important in the construction of the dome?

6. What do modern commentators believe that the story of the tower of Babel tried to account for?

7. What did Pope Eugenius IV do at the beginning of the Feast of Annunciation in 1436?

8. What did Alberti say about the dome being constructed at Santa Maria del Fiore?

9. Why was the consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore so important to Filippo?

10. Discuss the stairwells at Santa Maria del Fiore.

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