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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?
(a) Bertoldo
(b) Baldinelli
(c) Il Magnifico
(d) Bottecelli

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

3. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a well-built, handsome young man
(b) a short, fat hanger on
(c) a deformed genius
(d) a plain and untalented boy

4. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?
(a) still lifes
(b) practice canvases
(c) frescoes
(d) small portraits

5. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?
(a) new sculpting tools
(b) much criticism of what he does
(c) a special workplace
(d) much praise and encouragement

Short Answer Questions

1. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?

2. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?

3. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?

4. What are the people of Florence not happy about?

5. who brings Michelangelo to Ghirlandaio?

(see the answer key)

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