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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Which character from Dante's Inferno is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 3?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Vanni Fucci.
(d) Cosimo I.

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

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

6. What was the home of the Roman governor called?
(a) The praetorium.
(b) The Piazza del Campidoglio.
(c) The Piazza del Gubernador.
(d) The Sanhedrin.

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

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

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

10. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?
(a) Santa Maria Novella.
(b) San Miniato.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) Santa Trinita.

11. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Machiavelli's Prince.

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

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

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

15. What buildings in rural Tuscany survived the medieval wars between the nobility and the people?
(a) Inns.
(b) Palaces.
(c) Convents.
(d) Libraries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?

2. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?

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

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

5. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?

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