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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject of Savonarola's preaching does the author mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Atonement.
(b) The Exodus.
(c) The resurrection.
(d) Noah's Ark.

2. As mentioned in Chapter 4, which artist enjoyed witnessing hangings?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Fra Fillipo Lippi.

3. Who painted the Virgin Mary's head in the fresco of the Annunciation at the church Santissima Annunziata?
(a) A monk.
(b) An angel.
(c) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(d) Piero della Francesca.

4. Where did the feud between the Blacks and the Whites begin?
(a) Assisi.
(b) Athens.
(c) Pistoia.
(d) Venice.

5. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?
(a) Rome.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?

2. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

3. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?

4. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?

5. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?

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