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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 the information provided in Chapter 5, what did the palaces used to sell to the people?
(a) Indulgences.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Butter.
(d) Wine.

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

3. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?
(a) Gozzoli.
(b) Ghirlandaio.
(c) Fra Fillipo.
(d) Leonardo.

4. According to Chapter 6, what color is prominent in the paintings of the "springtime painters"?
(a) Red.
(b) Gold.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the Virgin Mary's head in the fresco of the Annunciation at the church Santissima Annunziata?

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

3. As mentioned in Chapter 4, which artist enjoyed witnessing hangings?

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

5. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

2. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

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

4. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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