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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who performed the "egg trick" described in Chapter 5?
(a) Dante.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Brunelleschi.

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

3. What buildings in rural Tuscany survived the medieval wars between the nobility and the people?
(a) Palaces.
(b) Convents.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Inns.

4. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?
(a) Silas Marner.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Brothers Karamazov.

5. Which ruler wept after the flood of 1557?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Grand Duke Cosimo I.
(c) Savonarola.
(d) Lorenzo de' Medici.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What church replaced the Santa Reparata?

3. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?

4. What was the nickname for people who followed Savonarola?

5. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?

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