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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius II give Michelangelo?
(a) a small stipend which he sends to his father
(b) an order to redesign his tomb
(c) a house he must pay rent on but no money
(d) a work area he must pay rent on

2. What is the connection of Pope Paul III to the de Medici family?
(a) his sister is married to a de Medici
(b) he was educated by Lorenzo de Medici
(c) he once worked for Pope Leo X
(d) his mother was a de Medici

3. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci
(b) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(c) Sandro Bottecelli
(d) Donato Donatello

4. What does Michelangelo see in the form of Tommaso Cavalieri?
(a) the epitome of the figures he has painted and carved
(b) the way he would have looked if his face had not been ruined
(c) the way he would like to look
(d) a potentially good model

5. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?
(a) to design the tomb Michelangelo will carve
(b) to add on to the Vatican
(c) to carve the Pope's tomb
(d) to build a new St. Peter's

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Leo offer for Michelangelo to work on?

2. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?

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

4. Who succeeds Pope Julius II as Pope Leo X?

5. With whom does the Marchesa appear to be affiliated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Michelangelo learn about the block of marble that will eventually become one of his greatest works?

2. How does Michelangelo finally get the Wool Guild commission?

3. How does Michelangelo's father add stress to his son while he is working on Pope Julius' tomb?

4. Even in Florence what does Michelangelo learn about the influence of the Pope?

5. What demand does Pope Julius make on Michelangelo that he does not want to do?

6. Describe briefly the attraction Michelangelo feels toward Tommaso Cavalieri.

7. How do Michelangelo and da Vinci end up working on the same project?

8. What political unrest occurs while Michelangelo works on the David?

9. What does Michelangelo realize as he studies the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

10. How does Pope Leo X, Giovanni de Medici, the first of the de Medici Popes, use Vatican finances?

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