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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo need in order to paint his planned story on the ceiling of the chapel?
(a) the Pope's permission
(b) someone to mix his paints
(c) a large supply of paint
(d) a system of ropes and pullies

2. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) subservient and docile
(b) absent minded and useless
(c) overly educated in the arts
(d) corrupted by power and money

3. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?
(a) the last supper
(b) a statue of David
(c) a pieta
(d) a crucifixion

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Savonarola believe art is?

2. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

3. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?

4. Where does Michelangelo go to study?

5. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?

(see the answer key)

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