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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) A nun.
(b) The priest.
(c) The sacristan.
(d) No one.

2. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who was born the year Michelangelo died?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Saint Francis.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Dante.

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

4. What was Paolo Uccello's birth name?
(a) Paolo di Dono.
(b) Paolo di Medici.
(c) Paolo Fernandi.
(d) Paolo di Coppola.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 5, who humbled Emperor Henry IV?
(a) Hildegard of Bingen.
(b) Julian of Norwich.
(c) Countess Matilda of Tuscany.
(d) Catherine of Siena.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?

2. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?

3. What color is Saint John's robe in the fresco in Santa Maria Novella?

4. In the author's opinion, the work of which artist achieves Plato's ideal forms?

5. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?

(see the answer key)

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