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Gesù Nuovo - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the name of the square located just beyond the western edge of the historic center of Naples?
A) Gesù Nuovo
B) Monteoliveto
C) Piazza del Plebiscito
D) Santa Chiara
  • 2. Who was the Spanish viceroy under whom the square in front of Gesù Nuovo emerged?
A) Giuseppe Valeriano
B) Francesco Solimena
C) Roberto Sanseverino
D) Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
  • 3. Which of the following is a landmark found in the Gesù Nuovo square?
A) The spire of the Immaculate Virgin
B) The Cathedral of Naples
C) The Colosseum
D) The Pantheon
  • 4. For whom was the palace that eventually became the Church of Gesù Nuovo originally built?
A) Giuseppe Valeriano
B) Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
C) Roberto Sanseverino
D) Francesco Solimena
  • 5. In what year was the palace that became the Church of Gesù Nuovo built?
A) 1601
B) 1584
C) 1767
D) 1470
  • 6. How much did the Jesuits pay for the property in the 1580s?
A) 50,000 ducats
B) 10,000 ducats
C) 100,000 ducats
D) 45,000 ducats
  • 7. Who was the architect responsible for the construction of the Church of Gesù Nuovo?
A) Belisario Corenzio
B) Giovanni Lanfranco
C) Francesco Solimena
D) Giuseppe Valeriano
  • 8. Which order took over the church after the Jesuits were expelled in 1767?
A) Augustinian order
B) Dominican order
C) Franciscan order
D) Benedictine order
  • 9. The facade of the Church of Gesù Nuovo is known for what distinct feature?
A) Gothic pointed arches
B) Classical marble columns
C) Neoclassical statues
D) Rustic ashlar diamond projections
  • 10. Who painted 'The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple' inside the church?
A) Paolo de Matteis
B) Belisario Corenzio
C) Francesco Solimena
D) Giovanni Lanfranco
  • 11. Which event destroyed the original dome decoration by Giovanni Lanfranco?
A) Bombing in 1848
B) Fire in 1700
C) Earthquake of 1688
D) Structural collapse in 1584
  • 12. Who repainted the dome after it was destroyed?
A) Gennaro Calì
B) Paolo de Matteis
C) Massimo Stanzione
D) Belisario Corenzio
  • 13. Who painted the frescos of the life of the Virgin in the vault?
A) Francesco Solimena
B) Giovanni Lanfranco
C) Paolo de Matteis
D) Massimo Stanzione
  • 14. Which artist created the bas-relief 'The Supper at Emmaus'?
A) Salvatore Irdi
B) Gennaro Calì
C) Francesco Solimena
D) Costantino Labarbera
  • 15. How many bronze bas-reliefs surround the altar?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Five
D) Three
  • 16. Which artist created the reproduction of the Last Supper bas-relief?
A) Salvatore Irdi
B) Francesco Solimena
C) Gennaro Calì
D) Giovanni Lanfranco
  • 17. In what year did the Jesuits return to the church for the second time?
A) 1821
B) 1584
C) 1767
D) 1848
  • 18. Who helped support the construction of the church alongside the Jesuits?
A) Roberta Carafa
B) Paolo de Matteis
C) Roberto Sanseverino
D) Isabella Feltria
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