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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?
(a) Granacci
(b) Torrigiani
(c) Donatello
(d) Bertoldo

2. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?
(a) they are rich and should give to the poor
(b) they are his strong supporters
(c) they are holy and should be revered
(d) they are evil and should be destroyed

3. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?
(a) bring him back as a teacher of sculpture
(b) find him another patron
(c) accept him back as an apprentice
(d) sponsor him as a sculptor

4. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a short, fat hanger on
(b) a deformed genius
(c) a well-built, handsome young man
(d) a plain and untalented boy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?

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

3. Where does Lodovico want Michelangelo accepted?

4. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?

5. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

(see the answer key)

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