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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A sword.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A quarterstaff.
(d) A whip.

2. Which artist suffered a broken nose as a child?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(c) Masolino.
(d) Michelangelo.

3. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Piero di Cosimo.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Uccello.

4. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?
(a) A server at any restaurant.
(b) A policeman.
(c) The guard at the Boboli.
(d) Any passerby.

5. Who performed the "egg trick" described in Chapter 5?
(a) Pope Clement VII.
(b) Dante.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Donatello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?

2. Where is Donatello's David?

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

4. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?

5. What church replaced the Santa Reparata?

(see the answer key)

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