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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the city of Rome known as?
(a) City of Lights.
(b) The Eternal City.
(c) City of the Renaissance.
(d) City of Love.

2. How long had they been planning the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore before the construction began?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 70 years.
(d) 80 years.

3. When did construction begin on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) August 8, 1420.
(b) August 7, 1420.
(c) August 10, 1420.
(d) August 9, 1420.

4. How many different types of bricks were required in the construction of the cupola at the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

5. Who were the two main characters in "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Cosimo Medici and Agnolo.
(b) Agnolo and Nicola de' Medici.
(c) Cosimo and Nicola Medici.
(d) Antonia and Cosimo Medici.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the pope stay in Florence after his arrival in January 1419?

2. How many months before the consecration of the Santa Maria del Fiore dome did Lorenzo's position as capomaestro end?

3. How old was Lorenzo Ghiberti when he died?

4. Whose iron rod model was destroyed after Filippo presented his model?

5. What line of work did Filippo apprentice in?

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