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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?
(a) Groups of townspeople.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Popes.
(d) Universities.

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

3. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?
(a) The Riviera.
(b) The Arno.
(c) The Tigris.
(d) The Danube.

4. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?
(a) Pope Clement VII.
(b) Giano della Bella.
(c) Saint Giovanni Gualberto.
(d) Ammannati.

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

6. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?
(a) The toddlers in strollers.
(b) The night watchman.
(c) The streetsweepers.
(d) The gatekeeper at the Boboli.

7. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?
(a) The 1500s.
(b) The 1100s.
(c) Approximately 70 B.C.
(d) The 1700s.

8. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?
(a) The Waldensians.
(b) The Epicureans.
(c) The Reformers.
(d) The Patarenes.

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

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

11. Which of George Eliot's novels is, according to McCarthy, a "sentimental pastiche of Florentine history"?
(a) The Mill on the Floss.
(b) Daniel Deronda.
(c) Silas Marner.
(d) Romola.

12. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A quarterstaff.
(b) A sword.
(c) A whip.
(d) A dagger.

13. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Grey.
(d) Rose.

14. 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) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(c) Uberti.
(d) Michelangelo.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what period did grotesquerie begin to become present in Florentine art?

2. What day is market day in Florence?

3. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?

4. What is the bird of Florence?

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

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