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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?

2. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?

3. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?

4. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

5. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the incidents that began the war between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.

2. Describe the "'characteristic' Florentine street."

3. Describe the weather in Florence in summer.

4. How did Pope Clement VII break with Florentine tradition? Explain.

5. Describe a legend that is attached to one of the churches mentioned in Chapter 3.

6. How did the Medici tombs appear in the public consciousness of Florence in the twentieth century?

7. Why does the author describe Florence in Chapter 1 as a "city of extremes"?

8. Describe Michelangelo's personality.

9. According to Chapter 1, what is the tourist's reaction to Florence? Why?

10. Describe the typical interior and exterior of Florence palaces.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between science and art in the early Renaissance in Florence, including mention of some of the main artists and works of art involved.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast some of the artists that the author describes as having had some tendencies toward madness.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the "springtime" and the "autumnal" painters.

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