View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what injury was suffered by the woman who was hit by two bicycles?
(a) A cracked skull.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) Two broken legs.
(d) Internal bleeding.

4. What church replaced the Santa Reparata?
(a) Santissima Annunziata.
(b) Santa Croce.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) Santa Trinita.

5. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?
(a) Daniel Deronda.
(b) The Mill on the Floss.
(c) Romola.
(d) Silas Marner.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who humbled Emperor Henry IV?

2. Where is Donatello's David?

3. What is the color scheme of the Baptistery?

4. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 202 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample