View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?
(a) to create a monument to Julius
(b) to finish Julius' tomb
(c) to start over on Julius' tomb
(d) to leave Rome and never return

2. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?
(a) a gravestone for a merchant
(b) a cupid for the Bishop of Florence
(c) a Risen Christ for Metello Vari
(d) a garden decoration for de Medici

3. How does Michelangelo learn anatomy at the charity hospital of Santo Spirito?
(a) by auditing classes
(b) by dissecting dead bodies
(c) by watching surgeries
(d) by bathing patients

4. What does Pope Paul III want Michelangelo to do?
(a) to carve another David
(b) to return to Florence and reopen the sculpture garden
(c) to complete the Sistine Chapel
(d) to finish the tomb of Pope Julius II

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?

2. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?

3. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

4. When the project for Leo X is canceled, how does Michelangelo feel?

5. What is Michelangelo's position in the home of Cardinal Riario?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 330 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample