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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. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?
(a) The bedroom of Lorenzo de' Medici.
(b) The Uffizi.
(c) The Boboli Garden.
(d) The chambers of Pope Clement VII.

2. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?
(a) Ammannati.
(b) Uccello.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Donatello.

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

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Trompe l'oeil.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Cubism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Florentine church housed a respected music school in the fourteenth century?

2. According to the author, Florence shares "simplicity of life" with which city?

3. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?

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

5. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

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

4. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

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

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

7. How did Paolo di Dono earn his nickname?

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

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

10. Describe some of the characteristics of the Medicis.

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