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

2. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?
(a) Toscanelli.
(b) Paolo Uccello.
(c) Brunelleschi.
(d) Leon Battista Alberti.

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

4. Who was Socrates' female counselor?
(a) Helen.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Diotima.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname for people who followed Savonarola?

2. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?

3. As mentioned in Chapter 4, which artist enjoyed witnessing hangings?

4. According to Chapter 4, what novel contains a painting as the antagonist?

5. What museum in Florence does the author call "a picture gallery" in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize Brunelleschi's prank on the woodworker.

3. How did the Florentines feel about antiquity?

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

5. Summarize the exceptional nature of the fresco of the Annunciation in Santissima Annunziata.

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

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

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

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

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

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