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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?
(a) Ammannati.
(b) Giano della Bella.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.

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

3. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Andrea del Castagno.
(c) Ammannati.
(d) Donatello.

4. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?
(a) "Willing to sit in traffic."
(b) "Accustomed to fast food."
(c) "Civic-minded."
(d) "Fastidiously religious."

5. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?
(a) Universities.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Popes.
(d) Groups of townspeople.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?

3. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

4. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

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

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