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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stone masons worked at Cava di Trassinaia after the work sheds were erected?
(a) 20.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

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

3. Who won the wooden chain designing contest for the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Filippo.
(b) Johan.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Lorenzo.

4. Who did Filippo build a house for in 1412?
(a) Apollonio Medici.
(b) Cosimo Lapi.
(c) Cosimo Medici.
(d) Apollonio Lapi.

5. What line of work did Filippo apprentice in?
(a) Construction.
(b) Painting.
(c) Goldsmithing.
(d) Sculpture.

6. What was Filippo's nickname?
(a) Pippo.
(b) Phil.
(c) Pip.
(d) Fili.

7. How many people were left in Rome after the Black Death outbreak of 1348?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 30,000.

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

9. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Andrea Pisano.
(b) Pietro Bassegio.
(c) Arnolfo di Cambio.
(d) Giovanni di Simone.

10. What angle did the final layer of bricks on the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore lie at?
(a) 80 degrees.
(b) 70 degrees.
(c) 60 degrees.
(d) 90 degrees.

11. When was the book "On Aqueducts" rediscovered?
(a) 1420s.
(b) 1440s.
(c) 1430s.
(d) 1450s.

12. What did Filippo create to lift the materials up to the cupola at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) A hoist.
(b) A crane.
(c) A scaffold.
(d) A pulley system.

13. 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) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

14. What tool was used to cleave stone from the hill at Cava di Trassinaia?
(a) Chisel.
(b) Saw.
(c) Axe.
(d) Pick.

15. What was the name of the Roman high road from the south?
(a) Via Appia.
(b) Angaria.
(c) Currus.
(d) Vereda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Filippo make per month while working at Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. Who created the model for the item that was developed after Filippo's device was finished?

3. What did the Italian word for the building trade workers mean?

4. When was the foundation for the Santa Maria del Fiore laid?

5. Who called Florence "that beautiful and famous daughter of Rome"?

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