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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 Michelangelo discover that he cannot do?
(a) form ideas of his own
(b) work in three dimensions
(c) replicate Bertoldo's style
(d) speak French

2. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) St. Paul
(b) a pieta
(c) David
(d) Hercules

3. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?
(a) indifferent, holding back payment
(b) angry over the misuse of the marble
(c) enthralled by what they see
(d) disgusted because it is nude

4. Who replaces Pope Leo X?
(a) Pope Pius II
(b) Pope Clement
(c) Pope Alexander
(d) Pope Adrian

5. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?
(a) to test some of his inventions
(b) to hedge his bets
(c) to be on the winning side
(d) to get back at Michelangelo

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?

2. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?

3. What does Savonarola believe art is?

4. What kind of artwork does Michelangelo accept reluctantly?

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

(see the answer key)

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