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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Who wrote the poem "Ode to the West Wind"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) Robert Frost.

4. According to Chapter 4, what novel contains a painting as the antagonist?
(a) Gravity's Rainbow.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) The Picture of Dorian Grey.
(d) Finnegan's Wake.

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

6. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?
(a) Paolo Uccello.
(b) Bocaccio.
(c) Botticelli.
(d) Leonardo.

7. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Forty-one.

8. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Paolo Uccello.
(c) Andrea del Castagno.
(d) Ammannati.

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

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

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

12. What museum in Florence does the author call "a picture gallery" in Chapter 4?
(a) The Bargello.
(b) The Uffizi.
(c) The Boboli Garden.
(d) The Museum of the Works of the Duomo.

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

14. Who killed Giuliano, according to the tale related in Chapter 6?
(a) Savonarola.
(b) Francesco de' Pazzi.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Lorenzo de' Medici.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?

2. According to the author, what building exceeds the Duomo in size and beauty?

3. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?

4. Who created the fresco "Universal Deluge"?

5. According to Chapter 6, what color is prominent in the paintings of the "springtime painters"?

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