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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trees had been ordered for the platforms and scaffolds at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 250.

2. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?
(a) Small people.
(b) Important people.
(c) Little people.
(d) Regular people.

3. In what year did Filippo become a master goldsmith?
(a) 1399.
(b) 1400.
(c) 1401.
(d) 1398.

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

5. How long would it have taken a craftsman to earn the amount of money that was being given away in the dome designing contest?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Filippo's nickname?

2. In what year did the worst outbreak of the Black Death in Florence occur?

3. When was the contest to find someone to create a model for the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore announced?

4. Who said that the founder of Florence was Lucius Cornelius Sulla?

5. What were the unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore called?

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