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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Machiavelli's Prince.
(d) Don Quixote.

5. Who is the patron saint of Florence?
(a) Saint John the Baptist.
(b) Saint Jerome.
(c) Saint Augustine.
(d) Saint Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?

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

3. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?

4. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?

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

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