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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?
(a) Santa Trinita.
(b) San Miniato.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) Santa Maria Novella.

2. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The weather.
(b) The smell.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The noise.

3. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 641.
(b) 72 B.C.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1333.

4. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) London.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

5. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?
(a) Greek scholars.
(b) Roman soldiers.
(c) Venetian nobility.
(d) Jewish astronomers.

Short Answer Questions

1. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?

2. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?

3. Where is Donatello's David?

4. What is the name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture, which is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 1?

5. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

(see the answer key)

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