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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A sword.
(b) A quarterstaff.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A whip.

2. From where did the Florentines take Donatello's "Judith and Holofernes" before bringing it to the Palazzo Vecchio?
(a) The Medici palace.
(b) Venice.
(c) The Uffizi.
(d) Rome.

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

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

5. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Athens.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?

2. What day is market day in Florence?

3. As mentioned in Chapter 2, in Dante's Inferno, which Florentine is in Hell with the heretics and Epicureans?

4. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?

5. What is the bird of Florence?

(see the answer key)

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