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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. As related in the tale told in this chapter, who drew a perfect freehand circle for the Pope?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Giotto.

2. With whom did Donatello live?
(a) His sister.
(b) The Medici family.
(c) His mother.
(d) Brunelleschi.

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

4. To whom did Petrarch write his love sonnets?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Laura.
(c) Clarice.
(d) Helen.

5. Who created the Duomo?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Arnolfo.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Michelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the poem "Ode to the West Wind"?

3. According to Chapter 6, what color is prominent in the paintings of the "springtime painters"?

4. Who killed Giuliano, according to the tale related in Chapter 6?

5. What was the nickname for people who followed Savonarola?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

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

6. Describe some of the characteristics of the Medicis.

7. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

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

9. How did Paolo di Dono earn his nickname?

10. Compare the work of Brunelleschi to Greek philosophy.

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