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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 4, what artistic idea did the Venetians learn from the Florentines?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Trompe l'oeil.

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

3. What was the home of the Roman governor called?
(a) The Piazza del Gubernador.
(b) The Piazza del Campidoglio.
(c) The praetorium.
(d) The Sanhedrin.

4. Which church does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "half a grain depot to be used in case of emergency, siege, or famine"?
(a) Orsanmichele.
(b) The Bargello.
(c) Santa Croce.
(d) The Duomo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?

2. Who created the fresco "Universal Deluge"?

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

4. Which Florentine church is too far outside Florence for most tourists to visit?

5. Which religious sect of medieval Florence was vegetarian and believed that the world was utterly depraved?

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