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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 Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?
(a) a painting
(b) a bronze statue
(c) a marble table
(d) a bas relief
2. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) to lose their merchant standing within the community
(b) a full year's rent
(c) their places on the city council
(d) the break up of their families
3. What does Michelangelo see in the form of Tommaso Cavalieri?
(a) the way he would have looked if his face had not been ruined
(b) the epitome of the figures he has painted and carved
(c) the way he would like to look
(d) a potentially good model
4. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?
(a) disgusted because it is nude
(b) indifferent, holding back payment
(c) enthralled by what they see
(d) angry over the misuse of the marble
5. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) a pieta
(b) David
(c) St. Paul
(d) Hercules
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?
2. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?
3. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?
4. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
5. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Pope Paul III outmaneuver Michelangelo over the matter of Pope Julius' tomb?
2. How does Michelangelo react to the cancellation of the San Lorenzo project?
3. What family problem does Michelangelo attempt to solve with his brothers?
4. How does Michelangelo finally get the Wool Guild commission?
5. Why is Michelangelo disenchanted with the work he is doing for a cardinal while thinking about the Wool Guild marble?
6. Describe briefly the attraction Michelangelo feels toward Tommaso Cavalieri.
7. Even in Florence what does Michelangelo learn about the influence of the Pope?
8. Why does Michelangelo not close up his brothers' unprofitable shop?
9. What demand does Pope Julius make on Michelangelo that he does not want to do?
10. How is Michelangelo caught up in the politics between Florence and Pope Clement?
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