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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's position in the home of Cardinal Riario?
(a) the philosophy instructor
(b) the Cardinals confidant
(c) one of the Cardinal's skilled workmen
(d) the apprentice architect

2. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
(a) Michelangelo will change his mind
(b) connections to de Medici
(c) his son's becoming famous
(d) a new position in Milan

3. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?
(a) a sculpture of Venus
(b) a sculpture of Dyonisus
(c) a sculpture of a Bacchus
(d) a sculpture of Adonis

4. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?
(a) he is bankrupt
(b) he is a tyrant
(c) he is a saint
(d) he is a fool

5. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(b) Pope Julius II
(c) Lorenzo de Medici
(d) the Doge of Milan

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?

2. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

3. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?

4. For whom does Michelangelo offer to carve something?

5. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?

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