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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) A spiral staircase.
(b) A pipe organ.
(c) A gnomon.
(d) A metronome.

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

3. In what work does Milton mention Florence three times?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) Areopagitica.
(c) Samson Agonistes.
(d) Paradise Regained.

4. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?
(a) Tetanus.
(b) Gout.
(c) Goiter.
(d) Syphilis.

5. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?
(a) Trompe l'oeil.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Cubism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist, mentioned in Chapter 4, was famous for painting dragons?

2. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?

3. What is the title of the hymn that Chapter 6 mentions as having been composed by one of Savonarola's adherents?

4. What is Donatello's statue of John the Baptist as a boy called?

5. Whom does the author describe in Chapter 6 as a "tame, cruel housemouser"?

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