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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color of marble is not found in the Florentine hills?
(a) White.
(b) Grey.
(c) Rose.
(d) Green.

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

5. Who is buried in the Badia, an abbey?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Gregory the Great.
(c) Ugo of Tuscany.
(d) Saint Francis.

6. Who is mentioned in the first sentence of Chapter 2?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Donatello.

7. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?
(a) A parking lot.
(b) A restaurant with a great deal of outdoor seating.
(c) A huge fountain.
(d) A statue commemorating Pope Clement VII.

8. What is the main road between Siena and Rome?
(a) The Via Romana.
(b) Highway 375.
(c) The Via Florentina.
(d) The Autobahn.

9. Who broke the Florentine custom of honoring the public far above the individual?
(a) Cosimo il Vecchio.
(b) Savonarola.
(c) Donatello.
(d) Pope Clement VII.

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

11. According to Chapter 1, of what does everyone in Florence complain about?
(a) The weather.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The noise.
(d) The smell.

12. What is the bird of Florence?
(a) A crow.
(b) A swallow.
(c) A bluebird.
(d) A sparrow.

13. Who is the patron saint of Florence?
(a) Saint Cecilia.
(b) Saint John the Baptist.
(c) Saint Jerome.
(d) Saint Augustine.

14. Under whose leadership were the Patarenes quashed?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Saint Benedict.
(c) Pope Stephen II.
(d) Saint Peter Martyr.

15. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?
(a) Suave.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What buildings in rural Tuscany survived the medieval wars between the nobility and the people?

2. Who wrote the poem "Hermaphroditus"?

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

4. Where did the feud between the Blacks and the Whites begin?

5. Which famous Florentine statue no longer has a head?

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