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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day is market day in Florence?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

2. What was directly outside the boundaries of ancient Florence?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) An amphitheater.
(c) A moat.
(d) An open sewer.

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

4. As represented in the statue at the Bargello, what weapon does Saint George conspicuously not carry?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A sword.
(c) A quarterstaff.
(d) A whip.

5. How many arches does the Santa Trinita bridge have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 2, in Dante's Inferno, which Florentine is in Hell with the heretics and Epicureans?

2. What is the color scheme of the Baptistery?

3. Who wrote a sonnet denouncing Pistoia?

4. During a medieval uprising, which group did Michele di Lando lead?

5. What church houses art that memorializes the quashing of the Patarenes?

(see the answer key)

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