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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?
(a) looking for ways out of Florence
(b) getting drunk and living a wild life
(c) seeing a lover
(d) running contraband goods

2. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?
(a) back at the Tropolino house
(b) working in the marble quarry
(c) back sharing a bed with his brother
(d) on the way to Portugal

3. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?
(a) it makes him look eccentric
(b) it is something he cannot change
(c) now he is handsome
(d) his work must conceal his looks

4. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?
(a) his friend, Francesco
(b) his friends, the Tropolinos
(c) his patron, Lorenzo
(d) his father, Lodovico

5. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?
(a) frescoes
(b) practice canvases
(c) small portraits
(d) still lifes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

2. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

3. How does Michelangelo feel about painting frescoes?

4. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?

5. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?

(see the answer key)

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