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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Roman high road from the south?

2. Who rediscovered the book "On Aqueducts"?

3. How many stone masons worked at Cava di Trassinaia after the work sheds were erected?

4. What did Filippo create to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rome like in the 1400s?

2. Who was Nonius Datus?

3. What happened in the wooden chain designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

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

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

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

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

8. How were stones tested for quality?

9. How did stonemasons learn their trade?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Making sure that he had the correct bricks and mortar for the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore was important to Filippo. Discuss why it was so important to Filippo to have a certain type of bricks and mortar for the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore. Was he always this particular about his building materials?

Essay Topic 2

Workers in the building trade in Italy during the 15th century had difficult lives filled with poverty and hard work. Compare how workers were typically treated in the building trade and how Flippo treated his workers.

Essay Topic 3

One of the last designing contests for the Santa Maria del Fiore was the contest to design a lantern for the peak of the dome. Discuss the criteria that was used for judging the contest and whether that criteria was subjective or objective.

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