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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. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

3. As mentioned in Chapter 2, who carried Donatello's statue of the Infant Jesus into battle?

4. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?

5. Who was the first Florentine Christian martyr?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the noise of Florence such a problem? What have been some of the proposals to solve it?

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

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

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the "springtime" and the "autumnal" painters.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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