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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?
(a) The statue of a galloping horse.
(b) The triumphal arch.
(c) The bridge over the canal.
(d) The statue of Pope Pius IX.

2. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
(a) 132 pounds.
(b) Approximately 1200 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

3. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?
(a) A server at any restaurant.
(b) Any passerby.
(c) A policeman.
(d) The guard at the Boboli.

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

5. As mentioned in Chapter 2, in Dante's Inferno, which Florentine is in Hell with the heretics and Epicureans?
(a) Farinata.
(b) Catiline.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Cosimo I.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?

2. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

3. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?

4. What is the bird of Florence?

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

(see the answer key)

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