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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?
(a) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Savonarola.
(d) Pope Clement VII.

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

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

5. In what period did grotesquerie begin to become present in Florentine art?
(a) The Romantic period.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Enlightment.

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. Who created the Duomo?

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

4. Whose favorite artistic medium was terra verde?

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

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