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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which object is prominently venerated in Tuscany?
(a) The Holy Girdle.
(b) A piece of leather from John the Baptist's sandals.
(c) The Shroud of Turin.
(d) The Holy Grail.

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

3. In the author's opinion, the work of which artist achieves Plato's ideal forms?
(a) Brunelleschi.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

5. What was the first opera?
(a) La Traviatta.
(b) Eurydice.
(c) La Boheme.
(d) The Magic Flute.

6. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?
(a) The Fall and the Nativity.
(b) The Flood and the Resurrection.
(c) The Crucifixion and the Annunciation.
(d) The Crucifixion and the Resurrection.

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

8. Who painted "Stories of Saint Peter and Original Sin"?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Masaccio.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Leonardo.

9. What color is Saint John's robe in the fresco in Santa Maria Novella?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

10. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?
(a) Piero di Cosimo.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Uccello.
(d) Andrea del Castagno.

11. According to popular opinion as mentioned by the author in Chapter 4, who is the person represented in the center of "Universal Deluge"?
(a) Noah.
(b) Dante.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jesus Christ.

12. With whom did Donatello live?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Medici family.
(d) Brunelleschi.

13. According to information provided in Chapter 4, which artist was posthumously considered to be "a devil"?
(a) Titian.
(b) Andrea del Castagno.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Leonardo.

14. What Florentine church housed a respected music school in the fourteenth century?
(a) Santa Croce.
(b) Santa Maria Novella.
(c) Santa Biblia.
(d) Santa Trinita.

15. Which artist suffered a broken nose as a child?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Masolino.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, who was the only Florentine diplomat?

2. The artist mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4 is puzzling over what subject?

3. What famous explorer consulted with Toscanelli?

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

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

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