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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 prince
(b) a shipping magnate
(c) a magistrate
(d) a cardinal

2. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?
(a) The Plato Academy
(b) The Bishop's Study Group
(c) The Florence Arts Guild
(d) The Neo Lyceum

3. What does the Wool Guild own that is of interest to Michelangelo?
(a) a studio for rent
(b) a scaffolding they do not use
(c) a large block of marble
(d) a contract for decorating a palace

4. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) the break up of their families
(b) a full year's rent
(c) their places on the city council
(d) to lose their merchant standing within the community

5. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?
(a) he is not allowed to travel to Florence to get his receipts
(b) his recordkeeping is poor
(c) his receipts were lost in a fire
(d) he never kept any receipts

Short Answer Questions

1. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?

2. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?

3. What does Savonarola believe art is?

4. What is one thing Michelangelo is thrilled that he can do?

5. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

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