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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, what was the first major literary work written in Italian?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Daniel DeFoe.
(c) Bella Divina.
(d) The Divine Comedy.

2. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The weather.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The noise.
(d) The smell.

3. In what work does Milton mention Florence three times?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) Samson Agonistes.
(c) Areopagitica.
(d) Paradise Regained.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who humbled Emperor Henry IV?
(a) Hildegard of Bingen.
(b) Catherine of Siena.
(c) Countess Matilda of Tuscany.
(d) Julian of Norwich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?

2. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

3. Which artist had originally attempted a sculpture with the piece of marble that Michelangelo used for the "David"?

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

5. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?

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