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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?
(a) a delegation to Charles VIII
(b) letters to the Pope
(c) a request for mercenaries from Germany
(d) a warrant for Piero's arrest

2. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?
(a) develop his own style in his own way
(b) stop playing and go to work
(c) learn how to copy him
(d) see how little talent he has

3. How does Michelangelo learn anatomy at the charity hospital of Santo Spirito?
(a) by watching surgeries
(b) by auditing classes
(c) by bathing patients
(d) by dissecting dead bodies

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

5. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?
(a) work faster to finsh a painting
(b) have less trouble with textures
(c) put emphasis on color over form
(d) ignore the shape and features of the body

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?

2. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?

3. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?

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

5. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?

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