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

2. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?
(a) Anne Tudor.
(b) Eleanor of Toledo.
(c) Margaretta di Lorenzi.
(d) Isabella of Venice.

3. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
(a) Approximately 1200 pounds.
(b) 132 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

4. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Uffizi.
(b) The Ponte Vecchio.
(c) The Boboli.
(d) The Piazza della Republica.

5. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?
(a) Sarbane.
(b) Zigurrat.
(c) Sorgane.
(d) Piazza della Romana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?

2. When did the Spanish military overthrow the Florentine Republic?

3. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

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

5. Who brought about the Donation of Constantine?

(see the answer key)

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