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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 represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A quarterstaff.
(b) A whip.
(c) A sword.
(d) A dagger.
2. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A crow.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A bluebird.
(d) A sparrow.
3. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 641.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1333.
(d) 72 B.C.
4. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?
(a) Popes.
(b) Groups of townspeople.
(c) Universities.
(d) Merchants.
5. What was the function of medieval towers?
(a) Guest space.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Self-defense.
(d) Storage.
Short Answer Questions
1. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
2. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
3. Who wrote an exaggerated biography of Castruccio Castracane?
4. Under what medieval Florentine laws could a supposed political dissenter be convicted without evidence?
5. Whom did Dante see at the Badia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe a legend that is attached to one of the churches mentioned in Chapter 3.
2. Describe the weather in Florence in summer.
3. Describe the "'characteristic' Florentine street."
4. For what reason is Saint Giovanni Gualberto primarily remembered?
5. Why does the author describe Florence as a "manly town" in Chapter 1?
6. Why is sculpture part of "the very fabric of the city" of Florence, as the author asserts in Chapter 2?
7. Summarize the story of the founding of Florence, as discussed in the beginning of Chapter 2.
8. Why is the noise of Florence such a problem? What have been some of the proposals to solve it?
9. According to Chapter 1, what is the tourist's reaction to Florence? Why?
10. Summarize the incidents that began the war between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.
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