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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?
(a) A statue commemorating Pope Clement VII.
(b) A parking lot.
(c) A restaurant with a great deal of outdoor seating.
(d) A huge fountain.

3. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Ponte Vecchio.
(b) The Boboli.
(c) The Piazza della Republica.
(d) The Uffizi.

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

5. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?
(a) Romans.
(b) Florentines.
(c) Venetians.
(d) Parisians.

Short Answer Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?

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

3. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?

4. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?

5. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?

(see the answer key)

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