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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Catherine of Siena.

2. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?
(a) Florentines.
(b) Parisians.
(c) Romans.
(d) Venetians.

3. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?
(a) Santa Trinita.
(b) San Miniato.
(c) Santa Maria Novella.
(d) The Duomo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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