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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Germans and Swedes.
(c) Italians.
(d) Americans.

3. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?
(a) Passport.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Camera.

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

5. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Communists.
(c) Anti-Nazis.
(d) Fascists.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?

3. Who is the patron saint of Florence?

4. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

5. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?

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