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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the middle of the main piazza of Florence?

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

3. What adjective does the author use to describe Venice and Siena in Chapter 1?

4. What does the author describe in Chapter 2 as "a stone hypodermic needle"?

5. According to the medieval belief, who were the ancestors of the Blacks in Florence?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, what is the tourist's reaction to Florence? Why?

2. Describe the ways in which Florence and Rome are related.

3. Summarize the story of the founding of Florence, as discussed in the beginning of Chapter 2.

4. How did the Medici tombs appear in the public consciousness of Florence in the twentieth century?

5. Where is the religious imagery in the city kept, and what does that imagery depict?

6. Why does the author describe Florence in Chapter 1 as a "city of extremes"?

7. What is the typical behavior of Florentines towards tourists in restaurants?

8. Describe the statue of Neptune in the fountain of the Piazza della Signoria.

9. What is modern Florence's relationship with its historical artifacts?

10. Why is sculpture part of "the very fabric of the city" of Florence, as the author asserts in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the work of Il Rosso and Pontormo with the work of one other prominent Florentine artist.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the causes and effects of the defeat of the Republic.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the character and work of Paolo Uccello, including his greatest work, the Universal Deluge.

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