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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What does Julius II give Michelangelo?
(a) a house he must pay rent on but no money
(b) a small stipend which he sends to his father
(c) an order to redesign his tomb
(d) a work area he must pay rent on

3. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?
(a) work with two other apprentices
(b) paint with close supervision
(c) bring in a nude model
(d) redesign the panel

4. What is Michelangelo's position in the home of Cardinal Riario?
(a) the philosophy instructor
(b) one of the Cardinal's skilled workmen
(c) the Cardinals confidant
(d) the apprentice architect

5. What causes Savonarola to agree that he is a heretic and then recant?
(a) several days of torture
(b) the de Medici family
(c) a debate in Florence
(d) instructions form the Pope

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?

2. What does Savonarola believe art is?

3. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?

4. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

5. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?

(see the answer key)

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