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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?
(a) Through bas relief sculpture.
(b) Through painting.
(c) Through pen and ink drawings.
(d) Through fresco.

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

4. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?
(a) The statue of Pope Pius IX.
(b) The triumphal arch.
(c) The bridge over the canal.
(d) The statue of a galloping horse.

5. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Attila the Hun.
(c) Fiorino.
(d) Charlemagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?

2. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

3. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

4. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

5. Which poets touted a "tooled-leather idea of Florence as a dear bit of the old world"?

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