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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Saint John's robe in the fresco in Santa Maria Novella?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lorenzino de' Medici's nickname?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 5, what did Donatello and Brunelleschi plan to have for lunch one day?

3. With whom did Donatello live?

4. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?

5. What church replaced the Santa Reparata?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the ramifications for an artist who became a Piagnone?

2. Explain the author's meaning in her assertion that Florentine painting "had a sweet tooth."

3. Briefly describe the modern Tuscan countryside, as discussed in Chapter 6.

4. Describe how Brunelleschi won the right to build the cupola of the Duomo.

5. Name some of the ways in which Florence unleashed original ideas on the world.

6. What is the color scheme of the "springtime" painters? Give one example of its use.

7. Why was Andrea del Castagno thought to be evil?

8. Describe the origin of the phrase "as round as Giotto's O."

9. Summarize the exchange between Donatello and Brunelleschi regarding the crucifix.

10. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

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