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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?
(a) Through bas relief sculpture.
(b) Through pen and ink drawings.
(c) Through painting.
(d) Through fresco.

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

3. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?
(a) The landed gentry.
(b) The cobblers.
(c) The sculptors.
(d) The wool-carders.

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

5. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Michelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?

2. What famous explorer consulted with Toscanelli?

3. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?

4. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

5. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?

(see the answer key)

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