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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the unskilled laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore called?
(a) Uomini senza nome e famiglia.
(b) Famiglia nome Uomini.
(c) Uomini nome e famiglia.
(d) Senza nome famiglia.

2. How did the author describe the hills surrounding Florence in the 1400s?
(a) Supplementary.
(b) Carrying.
(c) Intermediate.
(d) Supine.

3. What type of gallery did Filippo add to his dome plans for the Santa Maria del Fiore in 1419?
(a) Cylindrical.
(b) Circular.
(c) Square.
(d) Octagonal.

4. What work skill was Filippo best known for prior to 1418?
(a) Experiment in linear perspective.
(b) Design skills.
(c) Construction skills.
(d) Creativity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built an aqueduct in the town of Saldae, Algeria in A.D. 148?

2. How many architectural commissions did Filippo receive in 1419?

3. Who were the two main characters in "On the Tranquility of the Soul"?

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

5. How long did those participating in the dome designing contest have to complete their proposals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the work schedule like of the laborers at Santa Maria del Fiore?

2. What projects did Lorenzo create during his career?

3. How did master builders during Filippo's time regulate the curvature of domes?

4. What type of city was Florence in the 1400s?

5. What happened during the religious feasts of Brunelleschi's time?

6. What were the remarkable features of Filippo's hoist?

7. Why did the author describe goldsmithing as "not the most wholesome of professions"?

8. What was construction like on the hoist for the Santa Maria del Fiore?

9. Why did many Florentine artists in Filippo's time have a dim view of marriage?

10. What was Filippo's appearance like when he was in his forties?

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