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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the person mentioned in Chapter 3 who did not exact revenge from someone he came across on Good Friday?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(c) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.
(d) Uberti.

2. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?
(a) Vicenza.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Siena.

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

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

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. Who was the first Florentine Christian martyr?

2. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

3. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?

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

5. What day is market day in Florence?

(see the answer key)

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