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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a deformed genius
(b) a plain and untalented boy
(c) a short, fat hanger on
(d) a well-built, handsome young man

2. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?
(a) have less trouble with textures
(b) put emphasis on color over form
(c) ignore the shape and features of the body
(d) work faster to finsh a painting

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

4. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?
(a) a faun
(b) a face
(c) a lion
(d) a cat

5. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) money to buy sculpting tools
(b) Ghirlandaio's attitude toward sculpture
(c) two years left as an apprentice for Ghirlandaio
(d) the attitude of his father

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

2. Who is Il Magnifico?

3. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?

4. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?

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

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