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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?
(a) Rome.
(b) The Medici palace.
(c) The Uffizi.
(d) Venice.

2. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A crow.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A bluebird.

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

4. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

5. What subject of Savonarola's preaching does the author mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) The resurrection.
(c) Atonement.
(d) The Exodus.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?

2. Which fresco, created by Uccello, does the author consider to be "an example of Florentine avarice"?

3. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?

4. Which character from Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 3?

5. In the author's opinion, the work of which artist achieves Plato's ideal forms?

(see the answer key)

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