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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Machiavelli's Prince.

2. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A moat.
(c) An open sewer.
(d) An amphitheater.

3. What was the home of the Roman governor called?
(a) The Sanhedrin.
(b) The Piazza del Gubernador.
(c) The praetorium.
(d) The Piazza del Campidoglio.

4. What is the name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture, which is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 1?
(a) The Pieta.
(b) The Trinity.
(c) Moses.
(d) David.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?
(a) Romulus.
(b) Fiorino.
(c) Totila.
(d) Savonarola.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?

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

3. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?

4. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?

5. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?

(see the answer key)

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