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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?

3. Which group of people most commonly gets robbed in Florence?

4. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?

5. As discussed in Chapter 3, what caused the civic unrest in medieval Florence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare Pistoia in the medieval period to Pistoia in the twentieth century.

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

4. Describe the architectural difference between Guelph and Ghibelline cities.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the typical behavior of Florentines towards tourists in restaurants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Florence to another Italian city, such as Venice, Rome, or Siena. How is the architecture different? How is the culture different?

Essay Topic 2

Write a detailed description of the setting of modern Florence, and compare and contrast that setting with another city that the book discusses.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast some of the artists that the author describes as having had some tendencies toward madness.

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