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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Beccadelli.
(c) Daniel DeFoe.
(d) Donatello.

2. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?
(a) Through painting.
(b) Through pen and ink drawings.
(c) Through bas relief sculpture.
(d) Through fresco.

3. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?
(a) Americans.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Germans and Swedes.
(d) Italians.

4. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?
(a) January 1.
(b) March 25.
(c) April 1.
(d) December 25.

5. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
(a) An amphitheater.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) An open sewer.
(d) A moat.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?

2. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?

3. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?

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

5. What is Donatello's statue of John the Baptist as a boy called?

(see the answer key)

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