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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) August.

5. According to Chapter 6, who was the only Florentine diplomat?
(a) Lorenzo de' Medici.
(b) Cosimo I.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Pope Clement VII.

6. According to the information provided in Chapter 5, what did the palaces used to sell to the people?
(a) Indulgences.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Butter.
(d) Wine.

7. According to Chapter 5, what is the main characteristic of Florentine art?
(a) Gaudiness.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Realism.

8. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who was born the year Michelangelo died?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Dante.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Saint Francis.

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

10. What was Lorenzino de' Medici's nickname?
(a) Quercus.
(b) Quintus.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Cassius.

11. What is the title of the hymn that Chapter 6 mentions as having been composed by one of Savonarola's adherents?
(a) "Beneath the Cross of Jesus."
(b) "Crazy for Jesus."
(c) "Fairest Lord Jesus."
(d) "O Sacred Head."

12. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?
(a) Botticelli.
(b) Andrea del Castagno.
(c) Fra Filippo Lippi.
(d) Fra Angelico.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first opera?

2. According to Chapter 4, what novel contains a painting as the antagonist?

3. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 5, what did Donatello and Brunelleschi plan to have for lunch one day?

5. Who painted the "Primavera" that is discussed in Chapter 6?

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