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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?
(a) sponsor him as a sculptor
(b) find him another patron
(c) accept him back as an apprentice
(d) bring him back as a teacher of sculpture

2. What is the reaction of the Pope when Michelangelo leaves Rome?
(a) he doesn't notice
(b) he sends money
(c) he is angry
(d) he is relieved

3. What does da Vinci tell Michelangelo that he has brought to its limits with nothing for others to perfect?
(a) larger than life sculptures
(b) polishing marble like the pieta
(c) painting the nude figure
(d) sculpting tombs

4. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) no road is available
(b) no wagon is big enough
(c) no one will help him
(d) the marble is too fragile

5. Where does Lodovico want Michelangelo accepted?
(a) the Florentine guard
(b) a merchant guild
(c) the Plato Academy
(d) Ghirlandaio's school

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

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

3. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?

4. Who does Michelangelo use for models to perfect his knowledge of anatomy?

5. With whom does the Marchesa appear to be affiliated?

(see the answer key)

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