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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was "On the Tranquility of the Soul" written?
(a) 1443.
(b) 1442.
(c) 1444.
(d) 1441.

3. When was the winning design for the wooden chain for the Santa Maria del Fiore chosen?
(a) August, 1423.
(b) August, 1425.
(c) August, 1424.
(d) August, 1426.

4. In what year did Filippo permanently return to Florence?
(a) 1417.
(b) 1419.
(c) 1418.
(d) 1416.

5. Who wrote "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?
(a) Juan Ruiz.
(b) Leon Battista Alberti.
(c) Thomas Malory.
(d) Pierre Abelard.

6. What were the most obvious problems in building the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) How to mold marble.
(b) How to create a circular structure.
(c) How to lift the heavy building materials above the ground.
(d) How to get the workers to the level of the dome.

7. What was the name of the pope that arrived in Florence in January 1419?
(a) Pope Gregory XII.
(b) Pope Nicholas IV.
(c) Pope Eugene IV.
(d) Pope Martin V.

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

9. Who called Florence "that beautiful and famous daughter of Rome"?
(a) Brunelleschi.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Dante.

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

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

12. How many cartloads of sandstone had been brought into the Piazza del Duomo before the end of June 1421?
(a) 89.
(b) 87.
(c) 86.
(d) 88.

13. What was a rota magna used for?
(a) Lifting heavy stones.
(b) Lifting heavy marble.
(c) Lifting men.
(d) Lifting heavy beams.

14. Who wrote the book "On Aqueducts"?
(a) Julius Sextus.
(b) Julius Frontinus.
(c) Sextus Julius Frontinus.
(d) Julius Sextus Frontinus.

15. In what district of Florence did Filippo live?
(a) Novoli.
(b) Arcetri.
(c) San Giovanni.
(d) Galluzzo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds of bronze were melted for the Baptistery doors in Florence?

2. Who had been the original architect of the Santa Maria del Fiore?

3. When were work sheds erected in Cava di Trassinaia?

4. What was created after Filippo's device for the Santa Maria del Fiore was finished?

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

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