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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote an exaggerated biography of Castruccio Castracane?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Dante.
(c) Plutarch.
(d) Bonaventure.

4. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?
(a) The cobblers.
(b) The wool-carders.
(c) The sculptors.
(d) The landed gentry.

5. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?
(a) The David.
(b) Historic Florence.
(c) The Pieta.
(d) The Ponte Vecchio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?

2. What church houses art that memorializes the quashing of the Patarenes?

3. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?

4. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?

5. Whom does the character Fiorino emulate?

(see the answer key)

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