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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?
(a) Ammannati.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Andrea del Castagno.

2. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?
(a) Athens.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Rome.

3. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?
(a) Two hundred feet.
(b) Fifty meters.
(c) Ninety-six feet.
(d) One hundred meters.

4. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A bluebird.
(d) A crow.

5. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Catherine of Siena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?

3. What day is market day in Florence?

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

5. Who brought about the Donation of Constantine?

(see the answer key)

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