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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people of Florence not happy about?
(a) Piero de Medici's gifts to the poor
(b) Michelangelo's crucifix
(c) the wine crop failure in Tuscany
(d) the lavish wedding of the contessa

2. In addition to Michelangelo's other problems, what happens to the Cardinal of San Dionigi?
(a) he is sent to be the Cardinal of Germany
(b) he loses his mind and cannot remember Michelangelo
(c) he dies before the pieta is finished
(d) he is excommunicated

3. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?
(a) they remember his de Medici connection
(b) he has no money for taxes
(c) fear of angering the Pope
(d) the unfinished work he left behind

4. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?
(a) Rafael
(b) da Vinci
(c) Ghirlandaio
(d) Granacci

5. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?
(a) that it is holy
(b) that it is all he knows
(c) that it is progressing
(d) that it is his life

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?

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

3. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

4. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?

5. What does Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?

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