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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Jacopo Galli secure a commission for Michelangelo?
(a) a shipping magnate
(b) a cardinal
(c) a prince
(d) a magistrate

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

3. Who does Michelangelo use for models to perfect his knowledge of anatomy?
(a) off duty guards at the Cardinal's palace
(b) his brothers who come down from Florence
(c) boys he finds playing on the streets
(d) men in the Roman baths

4. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a new wardrobe
(b) a house
(c) a seat on the city council
(d) a large block of marble

5. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?
(a) part of the money within the week
(b) all the money within one month
(c) Michelangelo return to Florence and work there
(d) letters of credit from Jacopo Galli

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?

2. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?

3. What are the people of Florence not happy about?

4. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?

5. What does Pope Leo X want Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo to do?

(see the answer key)

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