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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Savonarola to agree that he is a heretic and then recant?
(a) a debate in Florence
(b) several days of torture
(c) the de Medici family
(d) instructions form the Pope

3. How does Michelangelo feel about painting frescoes?
(a) he thinks they are difficult to do
(b) he feels he is learning a lot
(c) he does not like doing them
(d) he is thrilled to be doing them

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

5. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?
(a) working for the Pope
(b) selling miniature sculptures
(c) befriending the Borgias
(d) looking for him

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?

2. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?

3. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?

4. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?

5. What is Michelangelo's response when his father tells him he cannot afford to have pride?

(see the answer key)

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