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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Dante.
(d) Michelangelo.

2. Who brought about the Donation of Constantine?
(a) Tertullian.
(b) Gregory the Great.
(c) Saint Sylvester.
(d) Constantine.

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

4. As mentioned in the end of Chapter 3, how long was medieval Florence at peace from political unrest?
(a) One hundred years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

5. Who is described as the "ideally self-interested despot"?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Machiavelli's Prince.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Mussolini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?

3. What was the function of medieval towers?

4. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?

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

(see the answer key)

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