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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 the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Trompe l'oeil.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Perspective.

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

3. With whom did Donatello live?
(a) His sister.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) The Medici family.
(d) His mother.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?
(a) Fiorino.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Totila.
(d) Savonarola.

5. Which artist had originally attempted a sculpture with the piece of marble that Michelangelo used for the "David"?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Agostino di Duccio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

2. According to Chapter 4, what novel contains a painting as the antagonist?

3. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?

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

5. The artist mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4 is puzzling over what subject?

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