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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. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?

2. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?

3. In what period did grotesquerie begin to become present in Florentine art?

4. What day is market day in Florence?

5. What buildings in rural Tuscany survived the medieval wars between the nobility and the people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the author describe Florence as a "manly town" in Chapter 1?

4. What is modern Florence's relationship with its historical artifacts?

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. Describe Michelangelo's personality.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolic value of the Florentine tower.

Essay Topic 3

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

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