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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Catiline.
(d) Donatello.

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

3. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?
(a) Wallet.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Passport.
(d) Camera.

4. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Rome.
(c) Athens.
(d) Constantinople.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?

2. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?

3. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?

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

5. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?

(see the answer key)

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