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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. How many months before the consecration of the Santa Maria del Fiore dome did Lorenzo's position as capomaestro end?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What did a bishop have concerns about in the fifteenth century regarding Florence's churches?
(a) Corruption in the papacy.
(b) Thieves breaking in.
(c) Corpses defiling the church.
(d) Structures not being secure.

3. What disease killed 4/5 of Florence's population in 1348?
(a) Polio.
(b) Botulism.
(c) Typhoid Fever.
(d) Black Death.

4. When was the contest to find someone to create a model for the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore announced?
(a) August 19, 1418.
(b) August 20th, 1418.
(c) August 21st 1418.
(d) August 22nd, 1418.

5. On what day was Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?
(a) August 30th.
(b) August 31st.
(c) September 2nd.
(d) September 1st.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many architectural commissions did Filippo receive in 1419?

2. What type of operation was bronze casting in the middle ages?

3. What were the most obvious problems in building the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

4. What was the majority of the exterior of the Santa Maria del Fiore tiled in?

5. In what year did Lorenzo Ghiberti complete "Doors of Paradise"?

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