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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?
(a) The Uffizi.
(b) The Boboli Garden.
(c) The bedroom of Lorenzo de' Medici.
(d) The chambers of Pope Clement VII.

2. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?
(a) Forty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

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

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

5. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) An amphitheater.
(c) An open sewer.
(d) A moat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?

2. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?

3. Whom does the character Fiorino emulate?

4. In what work does Milton mention Florence three times?

5. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?

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