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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?
(a) Ghirlandaio.
(b) Gozzoli.
(c) Fra Fillipo.
(d) Leonardo.

2. What is Donatello's statue of John the Baptist as a boy called?
(a) San Giovannino.
(b) Little John.
(c) San Giovanni ante Baptiste.
(d) The Voice in the Wilderness.

3. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?
(a) The 1100s.
(b) The 1500s.
(c) The 1700s.
(d) Approximately 70 B.C.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which object is prominently venerated in Tuscany?
(a) The Holy Grail.
(b) The Holy Girdle.
(c) A piece of leather from John the Baptist's sandals.
(d) The Shroud of Turin.

5. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?
(a) Venetian nobility.
(b) Jewish astronomers.
(c) Greek scholars.
(d) Roman soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?

3. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?

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

5. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

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