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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Savonarola.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Cosimo il Vecchio.

2. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?
(a) Green.
(b) Grey.
(c) White.
(d) Rose.

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

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

5. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?
(a) The Autobahn.
(b) The Via Romana.
(c) Highway 375.
(d) The Via Florentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?

2. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

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

4. Where is Donatello's David?

5. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?

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