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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 5, what is the main characteristic of Florentine art?
(a) Realism.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Gaudiness.
(d) Truthfulness.

2. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Poliziano.
(d) Clarice Orsini.

3. What is the title of the hymn that Chapter 6 mentions as having been composed by one of Savonarola's adherents?
(a) "Crazy for Jesus."
(b) "Beneath the Cross of Jesus."
(c) "O Sacred Head."
(d) "Fairest Lord Jesus."

4. What subject of Savonarola's preaching does the author mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) Atonement.
(c) The resurrection.
(d) The Exodus.

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

6. According to Chapter 6, who was the only Florentine diplomat?
(a) Cosimo I.
(b) Pope Clement VII.
(c) Lorenzo de' Medici.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

8. When did the Spanish military overthrow the Florentine Republic?
(a) 1530.
(b) 1321.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1642.

9. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?
(a) Psyche.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Athena.
(d) Penelope.

10. On what holiday do Florentine vendors sell crickets?
(a) The Feast of the Annunciation.
(b) May Day.
(c) Michaelmas.
(d) Ascension Day.

11. According to Chapter 6, what colors do the "great Florentine innovators" generally favor in their paintings?
(a) Blues and purples.
(b) All colors.
(c) Oranges, reds, and browns.
(d) Greens and yellows.

12. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?
(a) Bocaccio.
(b) Paolo Uccello.
(c) Botticelli.
(d) Leonardo.

13. According to the author, Florence shares "simplicity of life" with which city?
(a) Venice.
(b) Athens.
(c) Boston.
(d) Istanbul.

14. According to Chapter 6, what are the two extreme images in Florentine painting?
(a) The Flood and the Resurrection.
(b) The Crucifixion and the Annunciation.
(c) The Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
(d) The Fall and the Nativity.

15. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) December.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist had originally attempted a sculpture with the piece of marble that Michelangelo used for the "David"?

2. As related in the tale told in this chapter, who drew a perfect freehand circle for the Pope?

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

4. Which artist does the author NOT mention as depicting objects from ordinary life, such as household utensils?

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

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