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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. In what year did the beams for the dome start arriving in Florence?
2. In what year did Lorenzo Ghiberti complete "Doors of Paradise"?
3. Who was the pope in 1436?
4. What capomaestro was fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?
5. On what day was Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Filippo provide for the workman's safety at Santa Maria del Fiore?
2. What did Pope Eugenius IV do at the beginning of the Feast of Annunciation in 1436?
3. What idea was Filippo not able to convince the wardens to agree to?
4. What was one of the most striking features of the climb up to the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
5. Why was the consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore so important to Filippo?
6. What type of problems have been caused by large buildings throughout history?
7. How was marble extracted at Carrara?
8. How did the war against Lucca impact the progress of construction at Santa Maria del Fiore?
9. Discuss the fresco that decorated the interior of the vault at Santa Maria del Fiore.
10. What did Alberti say about the dome being constructed at Santa Maria del Fiore?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact that Lorenzo and Filippo's relationship had on the construction at Santa Maria del Fiore.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 12, the author states that "buildings of large dimensions have always posed moral problems." Discuss what the author meant by that statement.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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