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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, who is the only person who can observe Florence well?
(a) The gatekeeper at the Boboli.
(b) The toddlers in strollers.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) The streetsweepers.

2. In what year did a flood destroy the Marzocco?
(a) 641.
(b) 72 B.C.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1333.

3. To what city is Florence compared in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Tokyo.

4. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?
(a) The Ponte Vecchio.
(b) The Pieta.
(c) The David.
(d) Historic Florence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the mid-1700s, on what day did the Florentine calendar start?

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

3. Which group of people does the author mention in Chapter 1 as willing to show their city to anyone?

4. What was the home of the Roman governor called?

5. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?

(see the answer key)

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