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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 641.
(b) 1921.
(c) 72 B.C.
(d) 1333.

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

3. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?
(a) Popes.
(b) Universities.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Groups of townspeople.

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

5. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?
(a) Roman soldiers.
(b) Jewish astronomers.
(c) Greek scholars.
(d) Venetian nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?

2. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?

3. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?

4. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?

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

(see the answer key)

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