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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the capomaestro fired for not being able to climb the steps at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) 1419.
(b) 1420.
(c) 1418.
(d) 1421.

2. What was the largest Florentine guild of Filippo's time?
(a) Guild of Stonemasons and Carpenters.
(b) Guild of Architects.
(c) Guild of Bricklayers.
(d) Guild of Code Enforcers.

3. What word did the author use to describe how the people in Florence feel watching the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore being constructed?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Excited.
(c) Breathtaking.
(d) Awed.

4. Who imprisoned Filippo in 1434?
(a) Raynaldo Silvestri.
(b) Antonio Silvestri.
(c) John Silvestri.
(d) Lorenzo Silvestri.

5. Why did most architects from the middle ages remain anonymous?
(a) To avoid being shunned.
(b) To concentrate on their work.
(c) Because they didn't want their identity to take away from their skills.
(d) To avoid prejudice.

6. When were Filippo's remains exhumed?
(a) 1975,
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1973.

7. Who wrote "Divine Comedy"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Botticelli.
(d) Mozart.

8. What type of operation was bronze casting in the middle ages?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Laborious.
(d) Precarious.

9. How much was Filippo's pay cut during the war of 1424?
(a) 60 florins.
(b) 80 florins.
(c) 70 florins.
(d) 50 florins.

10. How many religious feasts were held each week in Florence during Filippo's time?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. When did Florentine mercenaries attack Lucca?
(a) October, 1429.
(b) December, 1429.
(c) September, 1429.
(d) November, 1429.

12. 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) 5.
(d) 3.

13. What war did Florence end in 1414?
(a) War with the Kingdom of Naples.
(b) War with the Kingdom of Rome.
(c) War with the Kingdom of Milan.
(d) War with the Kingdom of Venice.

14. When was Filippo's body laid to rest?
(a) May 15, 1446.
(b) May 18, 1446.
(c) May 17, 1446.
(d) May 16, 1446.

15. What color was bianchi marmi marble?
(a) Cream.
(b) Gold.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bricks could the average kiln hold?

2. How many scenes were in "Doors of Paradise"?

3. Who described the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore as being built "circle by circle"?

4. On what day was Santa Maria del Fiore consecrated?

5. What trait was Filippo not good at according to his biographer?

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