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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. Who wrote the poem "Ode to the West Wind"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Robert Browning.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these artists is not mentioned in Chapter 6 as a "flowery painter"?

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

3. How many popes consulted Michelangelo, according to Chapter 5?

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

5. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uccello's greatest fresco.

2. Describe some of the characteristics of the Medicis.

3. Explain what the hymn "Crazy for Jesus" says about Florentine culture.

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

5. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

6. Describe the event that occurred in 1304 to make the Florentines believe judgment was near.

7. Why did Machiavelli favor an army composed of citizens?

8. Describe the appearance of Donna Maria Ciliego.

9. How did Donatello influence Padua?

10. Summarize the love story of Maria and Michael Dagomari.

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