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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Whom does the author cite as building on the artistic endeavors of Uccello and Piero della Francisca?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Andy Warhol.
(c) Vincent van Gogh.
(d) Jackson Pollock.

8. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?
(a) Uccello.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Ammannati.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Piero di Cosimo.
(d) Uccello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the hymn that Chapter 6 mentions as having been composed by one of Savonarola's adherents?

2. According to Chapter 4, what object is frequently found in the center of Florentine paintings of the Annunciation?

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

4. According to Chapter 5, what is the main characteristic of Florentine art?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which object is prominently venerated in Tuscany?

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