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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Michelangelo not talk to Pope Julius II?
(a) the Swiss guard will not let him pass
(b) there is a waiting list for months
(c) he cannot gain an audience
(d) the Pope is in Bologna

2. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?
(a) the kindness of strangers
(b) the value of personal ethics
(c) the jealousy of others
(d) the effects of poverty

3. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) earn some money
(b) bring home good reports
(c) stay out of his father's sight
(d) start working in marble

4. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?
(a) grand artists
(b) contributors to society
(c) little more than being stonecutters
(d) potentially wealthy men

5. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?
(a) escort his wife
(b) paint a portrait of his wife
(c) design jewelry for his wife
(d) carve a bust of his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?

2. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?

3. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

4. Displeased with Piero de Medici, what are the people of Florence more inclined to listen to?

5. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?

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