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[The history of the brilliant](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/the-history-of-the-brilliant#lessons) · lesson 2

# The Mazarin: the first brilliant

Lesson quiz · five questions, in a new order every time

Five questions on lesson 2 of The history of the brilliant. The questions and the answers to pick from come in a new order every time you start.

Pick an answer, and the question marks itself. For a question that you answer in your own words, think of your answer first. Then show our answer and say whether you had it. Nothing is saved or sent.

1. Question 1: Why does a rose cut show so little fire?
  ### Show the answer
  **b**: The same angle in and out means every color bends by the same amount both ways.
2. Question 2: Why are the Mazarin and the next two cuts cushions and not rounds?
  ### Show the answer
  **b**: Bruting to a true circle came only in the 1800s (lesson 5).
3. Question 3: How many facets does the Mazarin have above the girdle, not counting the table?
  ### Show the answer
  **b**: 16, twice the old single. That's why its name is the double cut.
4. Question 4: The Mazarin has more facets than the old single. Which score goes up, and why?
  ### Show our answer
  Scintillation, 44 → 61: the Wheel counts it from the facets, and the Mazarin has 42 instead of 26.
5. Question 5: Name one reason the Mazarin's brilliance doesn't go up too.
  ### Show our answer
  Nobody calculated its angles: a steep pavilion, a deep stone and 17% of the light leaks out.

## More

- Next: [Lesson 3, The Peruzzi: today's crown, arriving early](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/the-history-of-the-brilliant/the-peruzzi-todays-crown-arriving-early)
- [The The history of the brilliant quiz](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/the-history-of-the-brilliant), on the whole course
- [All The history of the brilliant lesson quizzes](https://digitalgemology.com/skool/quiz/the-history-of-the-brilliant#lessons)
- [The history of the brilliant: all the lessons](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/historic-cuts)