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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. On what holiday do Florentine vendors sell crickets?
(a) Michaelmas.
(b) The Feast of the Annunciation.
(c) May Day.
(d) Ascension Day.

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

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

4. As mentioned in Chapter 4, which artist enjoyed witnessing hangings?
(a) Fra Fillipo Lippi.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Brunelleschi.

5. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) A gnomon.
(b) A pipe organ.
(c) A spiral staircase.
(d) A metronome.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?

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

5. With whom did Donatello live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the modern Tuscan countryside, as discussed in Chapter 6.

2. What is the color scheme of the "springtime" painters? Give one example of its use.

3. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

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

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

6. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

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

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

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

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

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