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

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

3. 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 parking lot.
(d) A huge fountain.

4. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?
(a) The bridge over the canal.
(b) The triumphal arch.
(c) The statue of Pope Pius IX.
(d) The statue of a galloping horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Florence's prospective satellite city?

3. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 3, what does the surname "Bevisangue" mean?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Michelangelo's personality.

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

3. Name some of the theories concerning where the head of "Primavera" ended up after the Santa Trinita Bridge was blown up during World War II.

4. Describe the weather in Florence in summer.

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

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

7. What did Saint Peter Martyr do that dramatically affected Florence?

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

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

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

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