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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.
(b) The steeple of Santa Croce.
(c) The memorial to Michelangelo.
(d) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.

2. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Catiline.
(d) Mussolini.

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

4. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Uffizi.
(b) The Piazza della Republica.
(c) The Boboli.
(d) The Ponte Vecchio.

5. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?
(a) "Accustomed to fast food."
(b) "Civic-minded."
(c) "Willing to sit in traffic."
(d) "Fastidiously religious."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?

2. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

3. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?

4. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?

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

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