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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Anti-Nazis.
(c) Communists.
(d) Fascists.

2. As mentioned in the end of Chapter 3, how long was medieval Florence at peace from political unrest?
(a) One year.
(b) Six years.
(c) One hundred years.
(d) Ten years.

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

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

5. As mentioned in Chapter 2, in Dante's Inferno, which Florentine is in Hell with the heretics and Epicureans?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Cosimo I.
(c) Farinata.
(d) Catiline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of political speech does Chapter 3 describe as occurring frequently in Florence since medieval times?

2. What day is market day in Florence?

3. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?

4. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the story of the founding of Florence, as discussed in the beginning of Chapter 2.

2. Summarize the incidents that began the war between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.

3. How did Pope Clement VII break with Florentine tradition? Explain.

4. According to Chapter 1, what is the tourist's reaction to Florence? Why?

5. Summarize some of the antics of Lorenzino de' Medici.

6. Describe the typical interior and exterior of Florence palaces.

7. Why is sculpture part of "the very fabric of the city" of Florence, as the author asserts in Chapter 2?

8. Describe the architectural difference between Guelph and Ghibelline cities.

9. Describe a legend that is attached to one of the churches mentioned in Chapter 3.

10. For what reason is Saint Giovanni Gualberto primarily remembered?

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