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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?
(a) a cupid for the Bishop of Florence
(b) a gravestone for a merchant
(c) a Risen Christ for Metello Vari
(d) a garden decoration for de Medici

2. What is one thing Michelangelo is thrilled that he can do?
(a) travel in the de Medici coach
(b) sleep until noon
(c) eat in the dinning room
(d) see and talk to Contessina

3. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?
(a) to a convent
(b) to live in Rome
(c) to live with the Ridolfi
(d) to school in Milan

4. What does the Wool Guild own that is of interest to Michelangelo?
(a) a large block of marble
(b) a scaffolding they do not use
(c) a contract for decorating a palace
(d) a studio for rent

5. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?
(a) Sandro Bottecelli
(b) Donato Donatello
(c) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(d) Leonardo da Vinci

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?

2. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?

3. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?

4. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?

5. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?

(see the answer key)

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