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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?
(a) Brunelleschi.
(b) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) A monk.

5. In the author's opinion, the work of which artist achieves Plato's ideal forms?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Brunelleschi.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

7. 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) An Easter lily.
(d) A pillar.

8. How many popes consulted Michelangelo, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

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

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

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

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

13. Who painted the "Primavera" that is discussed in Chapter 6?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Botticelli.
(c) Fra Angelico.
(d) Ammannati.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?

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

3. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who was born the year Michelangelo died?

4. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?

5. Who created the Duomo?

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