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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?
(a) marble quarrying
(b) keeping a journal
(c) dress, manners, life, and art
(d) charging for his work

2. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?
(a) the marble cracks
(b) it falls over
(c) vandals attack it
(d) the Cardinal wants it

3. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) subservient and docile
(b) absent minded and useless
(c) corrupted by power and money
(d) overly educated in the arts

4. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?
(a) they are holy and should be revered
(b) they are rich and should give to the poor
(c) they are his strong supporters
(d) they are evil and should be destroyed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?

2. What does the Duke really want to punish Michelangelo for?

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

4. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?

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

(see the answer key)

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