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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. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?

2. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what injury was suffered by the woman who was hit by two bicycles?

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

4. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?

5. What structure in the Piazza della Republica celebrates progress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. According to Chapter 1, what is the tourist's reaction to Florence? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the causes and effects of the defeat of the Republic.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the work of Il Rosso and Pontormo with the work of one other prominent Florentine artist.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the character and work of Paolo Uccello, including his greatest work, the Universal Deluge.

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