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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?
(a) to Venice
(b) to an art festival
(c) to a sculpture garden
(d) to a museum

2. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?
(a) Torrigiani
(b) Bertoldo
(c) Donatello
(d) Granacci

3. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?
(a) standing outside the school's gates, watching
(b) putting out his paintings for sale
(c) waiting to see a de Medici coming
(d) sitting in a tree, looking over the wall

4. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?
(a) as if he knows nothing about art
(b) as a messenger boy
(c) as a boy to make the daily coffee
(d) as though he were not there

5. As a second problem, what must Michelangelo have if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) previous art recognition
(b) an invitation from Bertoldo or one of the de Medicis
(c) ten thousand florins
(d) knowledge of the basics of sculpture

Short Answer Questions

1. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?

2. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

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

4. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?

5. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?

(see the answer key)

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