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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pope Leo offer for Michelangelo to work on?
(a) the portico of his summer palace
(b) a baptismal font for San Lorenzo
(c) the walls of a sacristy of the San Lorenzo
(d) decorations for the Papal apartments

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

3. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?
(a) he is a saint
(b) he is a tyrant
(c) he is a fool
(d) he is bankrupt

4. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?
(a) painting man as God made him
(b) better horses than on da Vinci's wall
(c) taking too much time to finish
(d) dressing all the people as Florentines

5. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?
(a) a new marble throne
(b) another pieta
(c) a copy of the David
(d) his tomb in the middle of St. Peter's

Short Answer Questions

1. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?

2. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?

3. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?

4. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?

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

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