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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
(a) 30 pounds.
(b) Approximately 1200 pounds.
(c) 132 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

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

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

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

5. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?
(a) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Savonarola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?

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

3. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?

4. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?

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

(see the answer key)

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