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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 Trinita.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) Santa Maria Novella.

2. Which character from Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 3?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Vanni Fucci.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Cosimo I.

3. Where is Donatello's David?
(a) The Baptistery.
(b) The Palazzo Strozzi.
(c) The Bargello.
(d) The Uffizi.

4. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Daniel DeFoe.
(d) Beccadelli.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?

2. Who is the person mentioned in Chapter 3 who did not exact revenge from someone he came across on Good Friday?

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

4. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?

5. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?

(see the answer key)

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