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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 to prevent Michelangelo from finishing the tomb of Pope Julius this time?
(a) the tomb is vandalized by religious fanatics
(b) the election of Alessandro Farnese to the papacy as Pope Paul III
(c) a war with the King of France breaks out
(d) the fact that he has no money for the supplies he needs

2. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) stay out of his father's sight
(b) start working in marble
(c) earn some money
(d) bring home good reports

3. What saves Michelangelo from losing everything to the Duke of Urbino?
(a) Pope Adrian has a change of heart
(b) Jacopo Galli testifies in favor of Michelangelo
(c) the Duke dies of a stroke
(d) The next Pope is Giulio de Medici, who becomes Pope Clement VII

4. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?
(a) a heart attack
(b) the plague
(c) a cup of hemlock
(d) a chill caught while on a hunt

5. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?
(a) because he is from Florence
(b) because he works for the Pope
(c) because he spurns Clarissa
(d) because he has no money

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?

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

3. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?

4. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?

5. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?

(see the answer key)

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