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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, to which city is modern Florence contrasted in order to show the difference between Guelph and Ghibelline?
(a) Vicenza.
(b) Rome.
(c) Siena.
(d) Venice.

2. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Chapter 2, who attacked Fiesole?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Attila the Hun.
(c) Charlemagne.
(d) Fiorino.

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

4. As Chapter 2 mentions, what place in Florence "resembles a petrified forest"?
(a) The butterfly garden at the Boboli.
(b) Michelangelo's studio.
(c) The basement of the Duomo.
(d) The tomb of San Miniato.

5. As discussed in Chapter 3, who defiled Savonarola's pulpit?
(a) The Bad Companions.
(b) Il Postino.
(c) Various Inquisitors.
(d) Guelph peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call "an incubus on its present population"?

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

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

4. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?

5. How did Florentine art express the concept of infamy?

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