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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. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Fra Filippo Lippi.
(c) Fra Angelico.
(d) Botticelli.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?

2. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?

3. Who was Socrates' female counselor?

4. In what work does Milton mention Florence three times?

5. Of which biblical figure are there two statues in the Duomo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Andrea del Castagno thought to be evil?

2. Describe the event that occurred in 1304 to make the Florentines believe judgment was near.

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

4. Summarize the love story of Maria and Michael Dagomari.

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

6. Describe some of the characteristics of the Medicis.

7. Explain what the hymn "Crazy for Jesus" says about Florentine culture.

8. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

9. Name some of the ways in which Florence unleashed original ideas on the world.

10. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

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