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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?
(a) Communists.
(b) Anti-Nazis.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Nazis.

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

3. What was the home of the Roman governor called?
(a) The praetorium.
(b) The Sanhedrin.
(c) The Piazza del Campidoglio.
(d) The Piazza del Gubernador.

4. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
(a) Suave.
(b) Modern.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Industrial.

5. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Michelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?

2. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?

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

4. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?

5. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?

(see the answer key)

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