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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?
(a) The Bad Companions.
(b) Guelph peasants.
(c) Various Inquisitors.
(d) Il Postino.

2. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?
(a) Siena.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Vicenza.

3. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?
(a) Uccello.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Ammannati.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 5, what did Donatello and Brunelleschi plan to have for lunch one day?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Vegetable soup.
(c) Coarse bread.
(d) Eggs.

5. As related in the tale told in this chapter, who drew a perfect freehand circle for the Pope?
(a) Ammannati.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Giotto.
(d) Leonardo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?

2. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?

3. Where is Donatello's David?

4. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?

5. When did the Spanish military overthrow the Florentine Republic?

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