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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Boston.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

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

4. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?
(a) Approximately 70 B.C.
(b) The 1100s.
(c) The 1700s.
(d) The 1500s.

5. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The noise.
(b) The smell.
(c) The weather.
(d) The tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?

2. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?

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

4. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?

5. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

(see the answer key)

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