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

2. Who performed the "egg trick" described in Chapter 5?
(a) Brunelleschi.
(b) Dante.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Donatello.

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

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

5. According to the author, Florence shares "simplicity of life" with which city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Athens.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the information provided in Chapter 5, what did the palaces used to sell to the people?

2. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?

3. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?

4. Who painted the "Primavera" that is discussed in Chapter 6?

5. What subject of Savonarola's preaching does the author mention in Chapter 4?

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. Describe the month of May in Florence.

4. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

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

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

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

8. How did Donatello influence Padua?

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

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

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