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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. Who consecrated the first stone of the lantern at Santa Maria del Fiore?
(a) Cardinal Francois.
(b) Cardinal Michel.
(c) Cardinal John.
(d) Cardinal Antoninus.

2. What type of people were required to transport bianchi marmi marble in Italy?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Construction workers.

3. Who was the pope in 1436?
(a) Boniface IX.
(b) Clement VII.
(c) Eugenius IV.
(d) Leo X.

4. Who did the city of Florence go to war with in 1424?
(a) Duke of Rome.
(b) Duke of Venice.
(c) Duke of Naples.
(d) Duke of Milan.

5. At what temperature were bricks fired in Florence in the 1400's?
(a) 1,500 degrees celsius.
(b) 2,000 degrees celsius.
(c) 1,000 degrees celsius.
(d) 2,500 degrees celsius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds did the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore weigh?

2. What was the view on architecture in the middle ages?

3. How many years had the residents of Florence been waiting to see the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore completed?

4. Who plagiarized Filippo's lantern design?

5. When was the second sandstone chain placed at Santa Maria del Fiore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Opera reduce the cost of importing bianchi marmi into Florence?

2. What did Filippo propose to the wardens when Santa Maria del Fiore began to show cracks in 1429?

3. What idea was Filippo not able to convince the wardens to agree to?

4. What did Alberti say about the dome being constructed at Santa Maria del Fiore?

5. What did Pope Eugenius IV do at the beginning of the Feast of Annunciation in 1436?

6. Why was the consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore so important to Filippo?

7. What happened to Filippo in August 1434 after the meeting with the wardens?

8. Which of the capomaestros was known as the most influential sculptor of his time?

9. What did Annunciation Day celebrate?

10. What was one of the most striking features of the climb up to the dome at Santa Maria del Fiore?

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