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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?
(a) Greek scholars.
(b) Roman soldiers.
(c) Venetian nobility.
(d) Jewish astronomers.

2. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Thirty.

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

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

5. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 1333.
(b) 1921.
(c) 72 B.C.
(d) 641.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?

2. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?

3. Who wrote the instructional booklet Della Pittura?

4. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?

5. What object did Toscanelli add to the Duomo, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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