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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first Florentine Christian martyr?
(a) San Juan de la Cruz.
(b) Saint Stephen.
(c) San Miniato.
(d) San Fernando.

2. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

4. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?
(a) "Willing to sit in traffic."
(b) "Civic-minded."
(c) "Fastidiously religious."
(d) "Accustomed to fast food."

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

6. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 132 pounds.
(d) Approximately 1200 pounds.

7. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?
(a) Rome.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Athens.

8. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The weather.
(b) The noise.
(c) The smell.
(d) The tourists.

9. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The steeple of Santa Croce.
(b) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.
(c) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.
(d) The memorial to Michelangelo.

10. Who wrote an exaggerated biography of Castruccio Castracane?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Dante.
(c) Bonaventure.
(d) Machiavelli.

11. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) Fiorino.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Charlemagne.

12. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?
(a) A.D. 66.
(b) 62 B.C.
(c) 722 B.C.
(d) 1 B.C.

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

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

15. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Camera.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Passport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brought about the Donation of Constantine?

2. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

3. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

4. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?

5. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?

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