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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?
(a) Lorenzo
(b) Contessina de Medici
(c) Bertoldo
(d) Lodovico

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

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

4. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?
(a) if Michelangelo promises to give him his money
(b) if he hears the name de Medici
(c) if Granacci is present
(d) if his step mother is in the room

5. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?
(a) stop playing and go to work
(b) develop his own style in his own way
(c) learn how to copy him
(d) see how little talent he has

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

2. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?

3. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?

4. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?

5. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

(see the answer key)

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