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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.
(b) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.
(c) The memorial to Michelangelo.
(d) The steeple of Santa Croce.

2. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Paolo Uccello.
(d) Andrea del Castagno.

3. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?
(a) Daniel Deronda.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) The Mill on the Floss.
(d) Romola.

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

5. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?
(a) Guelph peasants.
(b) Various Inquisitors.
(c) Il Postino.
(d) The Bad Companions.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

2. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?

3. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?

4. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?

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

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