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1

Which of the following was not a 14th-century humanist?
A)Boccaccio
B)Petrarch
C)Giotto
D)Dante
E)Cimabue
2

Which of the following was not part of the Classical revival?
A)anecdotes about artists
B)comparisons with antiquity
C)three-dimensional form
D)translating Latin texts
E)a rejection of Italian history
3

Which is not a feature of The Divine Comedy?
A)it was written in Latin
B)Virgil is Dante's guide through the Inferno
C)it is divided into three parts
D)it is a source for Italian history
E)it describes the levels of the Inferno
4

The Arena Chapel in Padua
A)is part of a larger church
B)is Gothic in style
C)illustrates Dante's Divine Comedy
D)represents three sets of lives
E)is an old Roman temple
5

In the Arena Chapel, the Virtues and Vices
A)are in the top row of scenes
B)are in between the narrative scenes
C)are between panels of imitation marble
D)are on the ceiling
E)are on the altar wall
6

In the scene of the Annunciation,
A)Gabriel tells Mary she will be the mother of Christ
B)God tells Mary she will be the mother of Christ
C)Mary tells Joseph she will be the mother of Christ
D)Mary has a dream telling her she will be the mother of Christ
E)Mary announces the birth of Christ to Elizabeth
7

Giotto's Nativity differs from that of Nicola Pisano in that
A)it combines two scenes in one space
B)it is more sculpturesque
C)it is later
D)it is more dramatic
E)it uses draperies to outline human forms
8

Which is not true of Giotto's Crucifixion?
A)it refers to typology
B)it takes place in Jerusalem
C)it depicts the effects of gravity
D)Christ's form is elongated
E)it emphasizes the distinction between the Romans and Christ's follower
9

The length of Mary Magdalen's hair is an example of
A)a Renaissance coiffure
B)her seductive nature
C)an iconographic convention
D)a typological symbol
E)prostitution
10

The Roman soldiers in the foreground of Giotto's Crucifixion
A)are torturing Christ
B)are arguing over possession of his cloak
C)are repenting their sins
D)are leaving the scene
E)are discussing the meaning of the Crucifixion
11

Which is not true of Giotto's Last Judgment?
A)Christ is seated in a mandorla
B)Enrico Scrovegni's portrait is included
C)Christ faces the Saved
D)only the figures in Hell are nude
E)the angels above Christ are in military dress
12

Giotto's Virtue of Justice
A)reflects emerging ideas about good and bad government
B)is represented as blind
C)is seated in a Renaissance building
D)has no relationship to Classical antiquity
E)is locked up in a castle
13

Which is not true of St. Francis of Assisi?
A)he wrote The Canticle of Brother Sun
B)he came from a wealthy family
C)he received the stigmata as punishment for his sins
D)he established the Friars Minor
E)he followed the example of Christ
14

In contrast to Duccio's Maesta, Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government is
A)secular
B)more Byzantine in style
C)more Christian in its iconography
D)was commissioned by the Nine
E)a reflection of the influence of International Gothic
15

"The mortal pestilence" described by Boccaccio refers to
A)the sinfulness of Florence
B)the failure of the Bardi and Peruzzi banks
C)the Triumph of Death
D)the Black Death
E)damnation
16

Which is not an example of royal patronage?
A)Simone Martini's Saint Louis Altarpiece
B)the Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry
C)the Well of Moses
D)the Maesta
E)the Chartreuse de Champmol
17

Philip the Bold's court was located in
A)Siena
B)Berry
C)Dijon
D)Flanders
E)northern Italy
18

Books of Hours were made for
A)the clergy
B)the peasants
C)the artists
D)the aristocracy
E)the guilds
19

Which is not a pair?
A)Limbourg Brothers -- Very Rich Hours
B)Dante -- Life of Saint Francis
C)Orcagna -- Triumph of Death
D)Boccaccio -- The Decameron
E)Duccio -- the Maesta







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