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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?
(a) The landed gentry.
(b) The wool-carders.
(c) The sculptors.
(d) The cobblers.

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

3. In what period did grotesquerie begin to become present in Florentine art?
(a) The Enlightment.
(b) The Romantic period.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.

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

5. When did the Spanish military overthrow the Florentine Republic?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1530.
(d) 1321.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "half a grain depot to be used in case of emergency, siege, or famine"?

2. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?

3. Where did the feud between the Blacks and the Whites begin?

4. Which Florentine does the author describe as a "zoophile"?

5. Where was "The Battle of San Romano" originally housed?

(see the answer key)

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