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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the home of the Roman governor called?
(a) The praetorium.
(b) The Piazza del Gubernador.
(c) The Piazza del Campidoglio.
(d) The Sanhedrin.

2. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?
(a) The statue of a galloping horse.
(b) The triumphal arch.
(c) The statue of Pope Pius IX.
(d) The bridge over the canal.

3. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?
(a) Giano della Bella.
(b) Ammannati.
(c) Pope Clement VII.
(d) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.

4. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Dante.

5. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Ponte Vecchio.
(b) The Boboli.
(c) The Uffizi.
(d) The Piazza della Republica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?

2. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?

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

4. What museum in Florence does the author call "a picture gallery" in Chapter 4?

5. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?

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