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

2. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?
(a) Germans and Swedes.
(b) Americans.
(c) Italians.
(d) Greeks.

3. Who was the first Florentine Christian martyr?
(a) Saint Stephen.
(b) San Juan de la Cruz.
(c) San Fernando.
(d) San Miniato.

4. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?
(a) The Duomo.
(b) San Miniato.
(c) Santa Maria Novella.
(d) Santa Trinita.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what injury was suffered by the woman who was hit by two bicycles?
(a) Internal bleeding.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) Two broken legs.
(d) A cracked skull.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 2, in Dante's Inferno, which Florentine is in Hell with the heretics and Epicureans?

3. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?

4. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

5. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?

(see the answer key)

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