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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?
(a) having to comply with other people's ideas
(b) having to finish too quickly
(c) not paying him what they are worth
(d) not getting enough of them

2. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?
(a) keeping a journal
(b) charging for his work
(c) marble quarrying
(d) dress, manners, life, and art

3. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?
(a) proposals for a variety of projects
(b) money that has long been owed him
(c) an audience with the Pope
(d) a new house and shop

4. 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

5. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?
(a) back to restore the Sculpture Garden
(b) on a trip to Bologna
(c) on a trip to visit King Charles VIII of France
(d) back into the de Medici home

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

2. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?

3. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?

4. For whom does Michelangelo offer to carve something?

5. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?

(see the answer key)

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