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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist had originally attempted a sculpture with the piece of marble that Michelangelo used for the "David"?
(a) Agostino di Duccio.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Brunelleschi.

2. To whom did Petrarch write his love sonnets?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Clarice.
(c) Helen.
(d) Laura.

3. 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.

4. Which fresco, created by Uccello, does the author consider to be "an example of Florentine avarice"?
(a) "The Battle of San Romano."
(b) "The Creation of Eve and the Fall."
(c) The monument of Sir John Hawkwood.
(d) Historie Fiorentine.

5. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?
(a) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) A monk.
(d) Saint Francis.

6. According to Chapter 4, what object is frequently found in the center of Florentine paintings of the Annunciation?
(a) A dove.
(b) A pillar.
(c) A Bible.
(d) An Easter lily.

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

8. What was the nickname for people who followed Savonarola?
(a) Corleone.
(b) Mascarpone.
(c) Pietone.
(d) Piagnone.

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

10. Who created the Duomo?
(a) Arnolfo.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Andrea del Castagno.

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

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

13. How many popes consulted Michelangelo, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

14. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) A gnomon.
(b) A spiral staircase.
(c) A pipe organ.
(d) A metronome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?

2. When did the Spanish military overthrow the Florentine Republic?

3. Who killed Giuliano, according to the tale related in Chapter 6?

4. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?

5. Whom does the author describe in Chapter 6 as a "tame, cruel housemouser"?

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