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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?
(a) The sculptors.
(b) The wool-carders.
(c) The landed gentry.
(d) The cobblers.

2. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Rome.
(c) The Boboli Garden.
(d) The quarries to the north of the city.

3. What museum in Florence does the author call "a picture gallery" in Chapter 4?
(a) The Bargello.
(b) The Uffizi.
(c) The Museum of the Works of the Duomo.
(d) The Boboli Garden.

4. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?
(a) Fifty meters.
(b) Ninety-six feet.
(c) Two hundred feet.
(d) One hundred meters.

5. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?
(a) 62 B.C.
(b) 722 B.C.
(c) A.D. 66.
(d) 1 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

2. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?

3. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?

4. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?

5. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?

(see the answer key)

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