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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 the patron saint of Florence?
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Saint John the Baptist.
(c) Saint Cecilia.
(d) Saint Jerome.

2. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?
(a) Romola.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) The Mill on the Floss.
(d) Daniel Deronda.

3. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Tokyo.

4. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The smell.
(b) The weather.
(c) The noise.
(d) The tourists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?

2. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?

3. What is the bird of Florence?

4. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?

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

(see the answer key)

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