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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Donatello's statue of John the Baptist as a boy called?
(a) San Giovanni ante Baptiste.
(b) San Giovannino.
(c) Little John.
(d) The Voice in the Wilderness.

2. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?
(a) "Accustomed to fast food."
(b) "Civic-minded."
(c) "Fastidiously religious."
(d) "Willing to sit in traffic."

3. Where did the feud between the Blacks and the Whites begin?
(a) Venice.
(b) Assisi.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pistoia.

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

5. As mentioned in Chapter 3, what does the surname "Bevisangue" mean?
(a) "Ruthless."
(b) "Cold-blooded."
(c) "Goldenhearted."
(d) "Blood-drinker."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character from Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 3?

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

4. What is the name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture, which is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 1?

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

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