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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) The Duomo.
(b) San Miniato.
(c) Santa Trinita.
(d) Santa Maria Novella.

2. What church houses art that memorializes the quashing of the Patarenes?
(a) Santa Maria Novella.
(b) San Frediano.
(c) Santa Croce.
(d) The Duomo.

3. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.
(b) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.
(c) The memorial to Michelangelo.
(d) The steeple of Santa Croce.

4. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?
(a) Primavera.
(b) Dawn.
(c) David.
(d) La Dama del Alba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?

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

3. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?

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

5. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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