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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?
(a) A restaurant with a great deal of outdoor seating.
(b) A statue commemorating Pope Clement VII.
(c) A huge fountain.
(d) A parking lot.

6. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?
(a) The Via Florentina.
(b) The Autobahn.
(c) Highway 375.
(d) The Via Romana.

7. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) Rome.
(b) The quarries to the north of the city.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) The Boboli Garden.

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

9. Who eventually renounced his nude sculpture "Neptune"?
(a) Donatello.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Andrea del Castagno.
(d) Ammannati.

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
(a) Modern.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Suave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?

2. Who is the patron saint of Florence?

3. What buildings in rural Tuscany survived the medieval wars between the nobility and the people?

4. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?

5. As mentioned in the end of Chapter 3, how long was medieval Florence at peace from political unrest?

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