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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?
(a) The Uffizi.
(b) The Medici palace.
(c) Rome.
(d) Venice.

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

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

4. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Fiorino.

5. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?
(a) The Flood and the Resurrection.
(b) The Crucifixion and the Annunciation.
(c) The Fall and the Nativity.
(d) The Crucifixion and the Resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?

2. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?

3. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

4. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?

5. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?

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