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

2. 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.

3. What is the object that is most frequently stolen in Florence?
(a) Passport.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Camera.

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

5. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Machiavelli's Prince.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?

4. Whom does the author call "the first tragic figure, after Brutus, in political history"?

5. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the religious imagery in the city kept, and what does that imagery depict?

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. How did the Medici tombs appear in the public consciousness of Florence in the twentieth century?

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

9. Describe the weather in Florence in summer.

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

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