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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist suffered a broken nose as a child?
(a) Masolino.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Fra Fillipo Lippi.

2. According to the author, what building exceeds the Duomo in size and beauty?
(a) The library of Alexandria.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Saint Peter's Cathedral.
(d) The Parthenon.

3. On what holiday do Florentine vendors sell crickets?
(a) The Feast of the Annunciation.
(b) Ascension Day.
(c) May Day.
(d) Michaelmas.

4. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A bluebird.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A crow.

5. Who was the wife of Cosimo I?
(a) Eleanor of Toledo.
(b) Isabella of Venice.
(c) Margaretta di Lorenzi.
(d) Anne Tudor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?

2. Whom does the author call "the resident humanist in the Medici household"?

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

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

5. Who is the person mentioned in Chapter 3 who did not exact revenge from someone he came across on Good Friday?

(see the answer key)

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