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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Michelangelo's famous sculpture, which is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 1?
(a) David.
(b) The Pieta.
(c) The Trinity.
(d) Moses.

2. From where did the stone for the Santa Trinita bridge come?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) The quarries to the north of the city.
(c) The Boboli Garden.
(d) Rome.

3. According to Chapter 1, how much did the piece of masonry that fell from the National Library weigh?
(a) Approximately 1200 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 132 pounds.

4. Which poets touted a "tooled-leather idea of Florence as a dear bit of the old world"?
(a) The Brownings.
(b) Keats and Wordsworth.
(c) Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams.
(d) The Shelleys.

5. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?
(a) The steeple of Santa Croce.
(b) The tower of Palazzo Vecchio.
(c) The lightning rod on the triumphal arch.
(d) The memorial to Michelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?

3. What artist is mentioned in the first paragraph of Chapter 4?

4. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?

5. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

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