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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?
(a) the man who had sculpted a cupid he owns
(b) Charles VIII of France
(c) the sculptor Dell'Arca
(d) Signor Aldovrandi

2. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?
(a) that only he have the keys to the chapel
(b) that Swiss Guards surround the chapel at night
(c) that he sleep in the chapel
(d) that he be given extra money for paints

3. What does Lodovico initially refuse to give his son?
(a) new clothes fitting for the Medici palace
(b) the new equipment he will need
(c) money to live on
(d) permission to attend the de Medici school

4. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?
(a) sandstone taken from the quarry
(b) a piece of discarded marble
(c) a large lump of solidified plaster
(d) the hardest available Tuscan walnut

5. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?
(a) an assistant to help him work
(b) a new set of carving tools
(c) specific permission from the Cardinal
(d) getting the marble moved to Rome

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Instead of a commission, what does Cardinal Riario give Michelangelo?

3. Where does Michelangelo go to study?

4. Who gets Michelangelo a short interview with Cardinal Riario?

5. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?

(see the answer key)

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