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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A sword.
(b) A quarterstaff.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A whip.

2. Who is the patron saint of Florence?
(a) Saint Jerome.
(b) Saint John the Baptist.
(c) Saint Cecilia.
(d) Saint Augustine.

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

4. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?
(a) Fascists.
(b) Anti-Nazis.
(c) Communists.
(d) Nazis.

5. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) The Boboli Garden.
(c) Rome.
(d) The quarries to the north of the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?

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

(see the answer key)

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