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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, what object is frequently found in the center of Florentine paintings of the Annunciation?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A dove.
(c) An Easter lily.
(d) A pillar.

2. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?
(a) The butterfly garden at the Boboli.
(b) The basement of the Duomo.
(c) The tomb of San Miniato.
(d) Michelangelo's studio.

3. The artist mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4 is puzzling over what subject?
(a) Balance.
(b) Line.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Form.

4. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) A pipe organ.
(b) A spiral staircase.
(c) A gnomon.
(d) A metronome.

5. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?
(a) 62 B.C.
(b) 722 B.C.
(c) 1 B.C.
(d) A.D. 66.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?

2. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?

3. Who created the fresco "Universal Deluge"?

4. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?

5. To whom did Petrarch write his love sonnets?

(see the answer key)

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