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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 Boboli Garden.
(c) The Uffizi.
(d) The chambers of Pope Clement VII.

2. 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.

3. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Andrea del Castagno.
(d) Paolo Uccello.

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

5. According to Chapter 4, what was the first major literary work written in Italian?
(a) Bella Divina.
(b) Faustus.
(c) The Divine Comedy.
(d) Daniel DeFoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's opinion, the work of which artist achieves Plato's ideal forms?

2. Who was Socrates' female counselor?

3. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?

4. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?

5. Who created the fresco "Universal Deluge"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Donatello influence Padua?

2. How did Paolo di Dono earn his nickname?

3. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

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

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

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

7. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

8. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

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

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

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