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

2. Where is Donatello's David?
(a) The Palazzo Strozzi.
(b) The Bargello.
(c) The Baptistery.
(d) The Uffizi.

3. What day is market day in Florence?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

5. What is the name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture, which is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 1?
(a) Moses.
(b) The Pieta.
(c) The Trinity.
(d) David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?

2. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?

3. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?

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

5. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?

(see the answer key)

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