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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?
(a) Paolo di Medici.
(b) Paolo Fernandi.
(c) Paolo di Coppola.
(d) Paolo di Dono.

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

3. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) December.
(d) June.

4. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Uccello.
(c) Piero di Cosimo.
(d) Andrea del Castagno.

5. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?
(a) The Sound and the Fury.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Brothers Karamazov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?

2. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?

3. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?

4. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?

5. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?

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