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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 1333.
(b) 72 B.C.
(c) 1921.
(d) 641.
2. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?
(a) The Arno.
(b) The Riviera.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Tigris.
3. Which artist had originally attempted a sculpture with the piece of marble that Michelangelo used for the "David"?
(a) Brunelleschi.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Agostino di Duccio.
4. With whom did Donatello live?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) The Medici family.
(d) Brunelleschi.
5. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Uffizi.
(b) The Piazza della Republica.
(c) The Boboli.
(d) The Ponte Vecchio.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?
2. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?
3. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
4. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
5. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?
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