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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 4, what was the first major literary work written in Italian?
(a) Daniel DeFoe.
(b) Faustus.
(c) The Divine Comedy.
(d) Bella Divina.

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

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

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

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

7. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Ghirlandaio.
(c) Gozzoli.
(d) Fra Fillipo.

8. Of which biblical figure are there two statues in the Duomo?
(a) Moses.
(b) Noah.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Paul.

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

10. According to Chapter 6, what color is prominent in the paintings of the "springtime painters"?
(a) Gold.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

11. The artist mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4 is puzzling over what subject?
(a) Balance.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Form.
(d) Line.

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

13. Who created the fresco "Universal Deluge"?
(a) Uccello.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Andrea del Castagno.
(d) Donatello.

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

15. What famous explorer consulted with Toscanelli?
(a) Ponce de Leon.
(b) Admiral Drake.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Vespucci.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Florence shares "simplicity of life" with which city?

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

3. What museum in Florence does the author call "a picture gallery" in Chapter 4?

4. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?

5. With whom did Donatello live?

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