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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?
(a) Daniel DeFoe.
(b) Beccadelli.
(c) Dante.
(d) Donatello.

2. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?
(a) The bedroom of Lorenzo de' Medici.
(b) The chambers of Pope Clement VII.
(c) The Uffizi.
(d) The Boboli Garden.

3. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?
(a) The Ponte Vecchio.
(b) The Pieta.
(c) Historic Florence.
(d) The David.

4. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?
(a) Paolo Uccello.
(b) Toscanelli.
(c) Leon Battista Alberti.
(d) Brunelleschi.

5. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?
(a) Sarbane.
(b) Sorgane.
(c) Zigurrat.
(d) Piazza della Romana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the hymn that Chapter 6 mentions as having been composed by one of Savonarola's adherents?

2. As related in the tale told in this chapter, who drew a perfect freehand circle for the Pope?

3. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?

4. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?

5. What was Lorenzino de' Medici's nickname?

(see the answer key)

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