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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) A piece of leather from John the Baptist's sandals.
(b) The Holy Grail.
(c) The Shroud of Turin.
(d) The Holy Girdle.

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

3. Who painted the Virgin Mary's head in the fresco of the Annunciation at the church Santissima Annunziata?
(a) Piero della Francesca.
(b) An angel.
(c) A monk.
(d) Fra Fillipo Lippi.

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

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

6. As mentioned in Chapter 5, what did Donatello and Brunelleschi plan to have for lunch one day?
(a) Vegetable soup.
(b) Wine and cheese.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Coarse bread.

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

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

9. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?
(a) The Brothers Karamazov.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) The Sound and the Fury.
(d) Silas Marner.

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

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

12. What word did Brunelleschi use to describe the figure of Christ on Donatello's crucifix for Santa Croce?
(a) "Clown."
(b) "Idiot."
(c) "King."
(d) "Self-portrait."

13. According to Chapter 6, what colors do the "great Florentine innovators" generally favor in their paintings?
(a) Blues and purples.
(b) Greens and yellows.
(c) All colors.
(d) Oranges, reds, and browns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?

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