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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?
(a) Elegiac.
(b) Filibuster.
(c) Harangue.
(d) Mudslinging.

2. Who is the person mentioned in Chapter 3 who did not exact revenge from someone he came across on Good Friday?
(a) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(b) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Uberti.

3. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?
(a) A parking lot.
(b) A statue commemorating Pope Clement VII.
(c) A restaurant with a great deal of outdoor seating.
(d) A huge fountain.

4. Who wrote an exaggerated biography of Castruccio Castracane?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Bonaventure.
(c) Dante.
(d) Plutarch.

5. Which character from Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 3?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Cosimo I.
(c) Vanni Fucci.
(d) Machiavelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?

2. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?

3. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?

4. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?

5. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?

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