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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?
(a) Donato Donatello
(b) Francesco Granacci
(c) Bertoldo, the sculpture master
(d) Pietro Torrigiani

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

4. What does Michelangelo have after his meeting with the Cardinal?
(a) a commission to carvea pieta
(b) a new workshop to work in
(c) a seven-foot block of marble and no money
(d) a letter of introduction to the Pope

5. What does Michelangelo discover that he cannot do?
(a) form ideas of his own
(b) work in three dimensions
(c) replicate Bertoldo's style
(d) speak French

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?

2. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?

3. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?

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

5. If caught in his nighttime study of anatomy, what might the Church do to him?

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