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

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

3. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?
(a) to school in Milan
(b) to live in Rome
(c) to a convent
(d) to live with the Ridolfi

4. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?
(a) it makes him look eccentric
(b) his work must conceal his looks
(c) now he is handsome
(d) it is something he cannot change

5. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?
(a) breaks Michelangelo's sculpture
(b) breaks Michelangelo's arm
(c) breaks Michelangelo's nose
(d) breaks Michelangelo's tools

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?

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

3. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?

4. Who agrees to protect Florence from the Borgias?

5. After Lodovico dies in 1534, what does Michelangelo do?

(see the answer key)

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