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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Communists.
(c) Anti-Nazis.
(d) Fascists.

2. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) The sacristan.
(b) A nun.
(c) No one.
(d) The priest.

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

4. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?
(a) The Ordinances of Justice.
(b) The Via della Gloriosa.
(c) The Laws of Loyalty.
(d) The Pax Romana.

5. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) The Boboli Garden.
(b) Rome.
(c) The quarries to the north of the city.
(d) Alexandria.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What day is market day in Florence?

3. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?

4. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?

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

(see the answer key)

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