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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?
(a) One hundred meters.
(b) Two hundred feet.
(c) Fifty meters.
(d) Ninety-six feet.

2. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?
(a) Romans.
(b) Parisians.
(c) Venetians.
(d) Florentines.

3. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A crow.
(c) A bluebird.
(d) A swallow.

4. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?
(a) The 1700s.
(b) Approximately 70 B.C.
(c) The 1500s.
(d) The 1100s.

5. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?
(a) Grey.
(b) Rose.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?

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

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

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

5. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?

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