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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. 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.

2. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who was born the year Michelangelo died?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dante.
(d) Saint Francis.

3. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Psyche.

4. Who was Socrates' female counselor?
(a) Sappho.
(b) Diotima.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Helen.

5. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?
(a) Paolo Uccello.
(b) Bocaccio.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Botticelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous explorer consulted with Toscanelli?

2. What color is Saint John's robe in the fresco in Santa Maria Novella?

3. According to the author, what building exceeds the Duomo in size and beauty?

4. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who humbled Emperor Henry IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the exceptional nature of the fresco of the Annunciation in Santissima Annunziata.

2. Describe how Brunelleschi won the right to build the cupola of the Duomo.

3. How did Paolo di Dono earn his nickname?

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

5. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

6. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

7. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

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

9. Compare the work of Brunelleschi to Greek philosophy.

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

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