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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 Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?
(a) that only he have the keys to the chapel
(b) that he be given extra money for paints
(c) that he sleep in the chapel
(d) that Swiss Guards surround the chapel at night

2. Who is perfectly content to keep house and cook for Michelangelo?
(a) Lionardo
(b) Argiento
(c) Granacci
(d) Buonarroto

3. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?
(a) they are his strong supporters
(b) they are rich and should give to the poor
(c) they are evil and should be destroyed
(d) they are holy and should be revered

4. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?
(a) the birth of Jesus
(b) the Genesis story
(c) Noah and the flood
(d) Moses and the Ten Commandments

5. What does the new Pope allow Duke of Urbino to do?
(a) confiscate all Michelangelo's marble
(b) take Michelangelo to court
(c) ban Michelangelo from working
(d) make Michelangelo finish the tomb

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?

2. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

3. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?

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

5. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?

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