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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?
(a) The gatekeeper at the Boboli.
(b) The streetsweepers.
(c) The toddlers in strollers.
(d) The night watchman.

2. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Machiavelli's Prince.
(d) Mussolini.

3. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?
(a) Pope Stephen II.
(b) Saint Benedict.
(c) Saint Peter Martyr.
(d) Martin Luther.

5. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?
(a) Giano della Bella.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the function of medieval towers?

2. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?

3. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?

4. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?

5. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?

(see the answer key)

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