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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Petrarch write his love sonnets?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Helen.
(c) Clarice.
(d) Laura.

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

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

4. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?
(a) The Fall and the Nativity.
(b) The Flood and the Resurrection.
(c) The Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
(d) The Crucifixion and the Annunciation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first opera?

2. Who painted the Virgin Mary's head in the fresco of the Annunciation at the church Santissima Annunziata?

3. Which artist suffered a broken nose as a child?

4. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 4, which artist enjoyed witnessing hangings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the operation and purpose of the gnomon in the Duomo.

2. Compare the work of Brunelleschi to Greek philosophy.

3. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

4. Explain the author's meaning in her assertion that Florentine painting "had a sweet tooth."

5. What were the ramifications for an artist who became a Piagnone?

6. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

7. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

8. Summarize the exchange between Donatello and Brunelleschi regarding the crucifix.

9. Why did Machiavelli favor an army composed of citizens?

10. Describe the origin of the phrase "as round as Giotto's O."

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