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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A crow.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A bluebird.
(d) A swallow.

3. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Modern.
(c) Suave.
(d) Feminine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?

2. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?

3. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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