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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?
(a) Ugo of Tuscany.
(b) Saint Francis.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Gregory the Great.

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

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

4. Which church does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "half a grain depot to be used in case of emergency, siege, or famine"?
(a) Santa Croce.
(b) Orsanmichele.
(c) The Duomo.
(d) The Bargello.

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

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

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

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

9. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?
(a) Americans.
(b) Germans and Swedes.
(c) Italians.
(d) Greeks.

10. What is the color scheme of the Baptistery?
(a) Grey and brown.
(b) Blue and gold.
(c) Pink and brown.
(d) Black and white.

11. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?
(a) One hundred meters.
(b) Two hundred feet.
(c) Ninety-six feet.
(d) Fifty meters.

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

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

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

15. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?
(a) Saint Benedict.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Saint Peter Martyr.
(d) Pope Stephen II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?

2. Who wrote an exaggerated biography of Castruccio Castracane?

3. Where is Donatello's David?

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

5. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?

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