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Question #1

Raphael's School of Athens shows how the Catholic world rejected the classical world during the High Renaissance.

A. False

B. True

Question #2

Raphael is painting the Stanza della Segnatura at the Papal Palace at the same time that Michelangelo is painting the ___________________.

A. Capella Paolina

B. Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

C. ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Question #3

Which of the following is NOT true of Raphael's School of Athens?

A. The scene is a fabrication, showing Greek philosophers who lived at different times together at a single gathering.

B. The two central figures in the painting are Christ and St. Peter.

C. Bramante's design for the new St. Peter's Basilica influenced the architecture in the painting.

D. The architecture in this painting is more Roman than Greek.