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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?
(a) Ambition and envy.
(b) Pride.
(c) The heavy taxes Rome imposed.
(d) The fight for liberty against tyranny.

2. As mentioned in the end of Chapter 3, how long was medieval Florence at peace from political unrest?
(a) Six years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

3. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?
(a) Through fresco.
(b) Through bas relief sculpture.
(c) Through pen and ink drawings.
(d) Through painting.

4. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) The sacristan.
(b) No one.
(c) A nun.
(d) The priest.

5. What is Donatello's statue of John the Baptist as a boy called?
(a) Little John.
(b) San Giovannino.
(c) San Giovanni ante Baptiste.
(d) The Voice in the Wilderness.

6. What was the function of medieval towers?
(a) Storage.
(b) Guest space.
(c) Self-defense.
(d) Aesthetics.

7. Where is Donatello's David?
(a) The Baptistery.
(b) The Bargello.
(c) The Palazzo Strozzi.
(d) The Uffizi.

8. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?
(a) Venice.
(b) Siena.
(c) Vicenza.
(d) Rome.

9. As mentioned in Chapter 3, what does the surname "Bevisangue" mean?
(a) "Blood-drinker."
(b) "Cold-blooded."
(c) "Ruthless."
(d) "Goldenhearted."

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

11. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?
(a) The Pax Romana.
(b) The Laws of Loyalty.
(c) The Via della Gloriosa.
(d) The Ordinances of Justice.

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

13. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Beccadelli.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Daniel DeFoe.

14. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?
(a) Ambrose.
(b) Catherine of Siena.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Augustine.

15. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?
(a) December 25.
(b) January 1.
(c) April 1.
(d) March 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the bird of Florence?

3. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?

4. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

5. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?

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