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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. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?
(a) Catherine of Siena.
(b) Ambrose.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Beatrice.

2. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A whip.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A sword.
(d) A quarterstaff.

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

4. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) The priest.
(b) The sacristan.
(c) A nun.
(d) No one.

5. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) The quarries to the north of the city.
(b) The Boboli Garden.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, if you are lost in Florence, whom should you ask for directions?

2. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?

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

4. What church houses art that memorializes the quashing of the Patarenes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the weather in Florence in summer.

10. Describe the "'characteristic' Florentine street."

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