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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Machiavelli's Prince.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Michelangelo.

2. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?
(a) The Danube.
(b) The Arno.
(c) The Tigris.
(d) The Riviera.

3. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?
(a) Historic Florence.
(b) The Pieta.
(c) The David.
(d) The Ponte Vecchio.

4. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?
(a) The streetsweepers.
(b) The night watchman.
(c) The gatekeeper at the Boboli.
(d) The toddlers in strollers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is market day in Florence?

2. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

3. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?

4. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?

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

(see the answer key)

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