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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?
(a) Saint Peter Martyr.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Pope Stephen II.
(d) Saint Benedict.

2. Who created the Duomo?
(a) Andrea del Castagno.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Arnolfo.

3. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?
(a) One hundred meters.
(b) Ninety-six feet.
(c) Two hundred feet.
(d) Fifty meters.

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

5. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
(a) A moat.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) An open sewer.
(d) An amphitheater.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?

3. According to Chapter 5, what is the main characteristic of Florentine art?

4. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?

5. As discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?

(see the answer key)

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