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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?
(a) 722 B.C.
(b) A.D. 66.
(c) 1 B.C.
(d) 62 B.C.

2. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?
(a) Romulus.
(b) Fiorino.
(c) Savonarola.
(d) Totila.

3. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) The Boboli Garden.
(b) The quarries to the north of the city.
(c) Rome.
(d) Alexandria.

4. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A quarterstaff.
(b) A whip.
(c) A sword.
(d) A dagger.

5. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?
(a) The Pieta.
(b) The Ponte Vecchio.
(c) The David.
(d) Historic Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poets touted a "tooled-leather idea of Florence as a dear bit of the old world"?

2. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?

3. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?

4. What was the home of the Roman governor called?

5. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

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