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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 to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?
(a) Bertoldo
(b) Torrigiani
(c) Granacci
(d) Donatello

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

3. What does Michelangelo discover that he cannot do?
(a) speak French
(b) work in three dimensions
(c) replicate Bertoldo's style
(d) form ideas of his own

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

5. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
(a) he does not know where to find her
(b) the Pope might become angry with the Ridolfi family
(c) her husband will not allow it
(d) he does not have the proper clothes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?

2. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

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

4. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?

5. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?

(see the answer key)

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