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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?
(a) Mudslinging.
(b) Harangue.
(c) Elegiac.
(d) Filibuster.

2. According to Chapter 6, which month is the "classic Florentine 'month'"?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) May.

3. According to popular opinion as mentioned by the author in Chapter 4, who is the person represented in the center of "Universal Deluge"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Noah.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Moses.

4. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Gregory the Great.
(c) Ugo of Tuscany.
(d) Saint Francis.

5. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) The priest.
(b) No one.
(c) A nun.
(d) The sacristan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "half a grain depot to be used in case of emergency, siege, or famine"?

2. As mentioned in the end of Chapter 3, how long was medieval Florence at peace from political unrest?

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

4. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?

5. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?

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