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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?
(a) Clarice Orsini.
(b) Poliziano.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Catherine the Great.

2. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?
(a) Goiter.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Gout.

3. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?
(a) A parking lot.
(b) A huge fountain.
(c) A restaurant with a great deal of outdoor seating.
(d) A statue commemorating Pope Clement VII.

4. Who was Socrates' female counselor?
(a) Sappho.
(b) Diotima.
(c) Helen.
(d) Chloe.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?
(a) Romulus.
(b) Savonarola.
(c) Fiorino.
(d) Totila.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?

2. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?

3. Whom does the author cite as building on the artistic endeavors of Uccello and Piero della Francisca?

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

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

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