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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease did the Medicis commonly suffer?
(a) Goiter.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Gout.

2. According to information provided in Chapter 4, which artist was posthumously considered to be "a devil"?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Andrea del Castagno.
(d) Titian.

3. To what character in Greek mythology does the author compare the "Madonna with the Pomegranate"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Psyche.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

2. How old was Dante when he fought in the battle of Campaldino?

3. What is the bird of Florence?

4. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?

5. Which novel does the author compare to Dante's Divine Comedy in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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