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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous explorer consulted with Toscanelli?
(a) Ponce de Leon.
(b) Vespucci.
(c) Admiral Drake.
(d) Columbus.

2. Which church does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "half a grain depot to be used in case of emergency, siege, or famine"?
(a) The Bargello.
(b) Santa Croce.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) Orsanmichele.

3. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?
(a) Daniel Deronda.
(b) Romola.
(c) Silas Marner.
(d) The Mill on the Floss.

4. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?
(a) The Reformers.
(b) The Epicureans.
(c) The Patarenes.
(d) The Waldensians.

5. What day is market day in Florence?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?

2. What was the first opera?

3. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

4. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?

5. Who created the Pazzi Chapel?

(see the answer key)

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