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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?
(a) The Neo Lyceum
(b) The Plato Academy
(c) The Bishop's Study Group
(d) The Florence Arts Guild

2. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?
(a) as a messenger boy
(b) as a boy to make the daily coffee
(c) as though he were not there
(d) as if he knows nothing about art

3. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?
(a) putting out his paintings for sale
(b) waiting to see a de Medici coming
(c) sitting in a tree, looking over the wall
(d) standing outside the school's gates, watching

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

5. 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 holy
(d) that it is progressing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?

2. Who operates the sculpture garden?

3. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?

4. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?

5. Displeased with Piero de Medici, what are the people of Florence more inclined to listen to?

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