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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If caught in his nighttime study of anatomy, what might the Church do to him?
(a) put him in a monastery
(b) put him in prison
(c) dismiss him from school
(d) put him to death

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

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

4. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?
(a) they are evil and should be destroyed
(b) they are his strong supporters
(c) they are rich and should give to the poor
(d) they are holy and should be revered

5. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?
(a) Pietro Torrigiani
(b) Bertoldo, the sculpture master
(c) Francesco Granacci
(d) Donato Donatello

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?

2. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?

3. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?

4. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

5. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?

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