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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was a rota magna?
(a) Great wheel.
(b) A hoist.
(c) A pulley.
(d) A crane.

3. Where was the dome designing contest being held?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Florence, Italy.
(c) Milan, Italy.
(d) Venice, Italy.

4. Which Italian artist was legendary for the broken nose that caused ugliness?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Botticelli.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Allegieri.

5. What was the name of the child that Filippo adopted in 1419?
(a) Andrea Ghiberti.
(b) Andrea Michaleo.
(c) Andrea Duomo.
(d) Andrea Cavalcanti.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money would the winning designer of the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore win?

2. How many men worked on the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. What guidebook in the 1400s directed visitors to the holy sites of Rome?

4. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?

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

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