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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti, the bridegroom mentioned in Chapter 2, die?
(a) The Piazza della Republica.
(b) The Ponte Vecchio.
(c) The Boboli.
(d) The Uffizi.

2. According to the author's opinion as stated in Chapter 1, Italians are not what?
(a) "Willing to sit in traffic."
(b) "Civic-minded."
(c) "Accustomed to fast food."
(d) "Fastidiously religious."

3. When did the battle of Pistoria take place?
(a) 1 B.C.
(b) A.D. 66.
(c) 722 B.C.
(d) 62 B.C.

4. According to Chapter 1, who normally sells the postcards in a Florentine church?
(a) The sacristan.
(b) No one.
(c) The priest.
(d) A nun.

5. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
(a) Modern.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Suave.
(d) Feminine.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 1, who hid in the German Institute during World War II?

2. When were the statues that decorated the Santa Trinita bridge sculpted?

3. According to Chapter 2, by the time Michelangelo was an old man, who could afford to commission a work from him?

4. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?

5. According to the medieval conception of Florence, which city is Florence's mother?

(see the answer key)

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