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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens two days after Michelangelo's return to Rome?
(a) St. Peter's basilica collapses
(b) Rome burns
(c) Pope Clement dies
(d) the Holy Roman Empire is defeated

2. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) not to conquer Florence
(b) to lower Florence's taxes
(c) to come and rule Florence
(d) not to take Florence artists to Rome

3. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) draw the eye away from the floor
(b) to mask the problems created by others
(c) uplift the worshipers who will come there
(d) make it look larger than it is

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?

2. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?

3. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?

4. What does the news of the death of the Pope bring?

5. What does Julius II give Michelangelo?

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