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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 discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?
(a) The fight for liberty against tyranny.
(b) Ambition and envy.
(c) The heavy taxes Rome imposed.
(d) Pride.

2. Whom does the character Fiorino emulate?
(a) The Minotaur.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Romulus.
(d) Remus.

3. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?
(a) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Savonarola.
(d) Pope Clement VII.

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

5. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?
(a) Sarbane.
(b) Sorgane.
(c) Piazza della Romana.
(d) Zigurrat.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the color scheme of the Baptistery?

4. What was the height limit of medieval Florentine towers?

5. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author describe Florence as a "manly town" in Chapter 1?

2. Describe Michelangelo's personality.

3. Describe the ways in which Florence and Rome are related.

4. Why is the noise of Florence such a problem? What have been some of the proposals to solve it?

5. Why does the author describe Florence in Chapter 1 as a "city of extremes"?

6. Describe the statue of Neptune in the fountain of the Piazza della Signoria.

7. Explain the word "harangue" and its presence in the lives of the Florentine people.

8. Describe what happens to tourists who enter a church to look at the paintings.

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

10. Describe the medieval nobility's behavior in medieval Florence, as discussed in Chapter 3.

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