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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what injury was suffered by the woman who was hit by two bicycles?
(a) A cracked skull.
(b) Internal bleeding.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) Two broken legs.

4. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?
(a) Parisians.
(b) Venetians.
(c) Romans.
(d) Florentines.

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

6. Who brought about the Donation of Constantine?
(a) Constantine.
(b) Gregory the Great.
(c) Saint Sylvester.
(d) Tertullian.

7. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) London.

8. Which poets touted a "tooled-leather idea of Florence as a dear bit of the old world"?
(a) Keats and Wordsworth.
(b) The Shelleys.
(c) The Brownings.
(d) Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams.

9. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?
(a) The cobblers.
(b) The landed gentry.
(c) The sculptors.
(d) The wool-carders.

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

11. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?
(a) Mudslinging.
(b) Harangue.
(c) Elegiac.
(d) Filibuster.

12. Who is the patron saint of Florence?
(a) Saint John the Baptist.
(b) Saint Cecilia.
(c) Saint Augustine.
(d) Saint Jerome.

13. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?
(a) Il Postino.
(b) The Bad Companions.
(c) Guelph peasants.
(d) Various Inquisitors.

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

15. What day is market day in Florence?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the feud between the Blacks and the Whites begin?

2. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?

3. What is the color scheme of the Baptistery?

4. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?

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

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