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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Trompe l'oeil.
(d) Impressionism.

2. Who is the person mentioned in Chapter 3 who did not exact revenge from someone he came across on Good Friday?
(a) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.
(b) Uberti.
(c) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(d) Michelangelo.

3. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 72 B.C.
(b) 641.
(c) 1333.
(d) 1921.

4. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.
(b) The memorial to Michelangelo.
(c) The steeple of Santa Croce.
(d) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.

5. The artist mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4 is puzzling over what subject?
(a) Form.
(b) Balance.
(c) Line.
(d) Perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?

3. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

4. Which artist suffered a broken nose as a child?

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

(see the answer key)

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