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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) corrupted by power and money
(b) overly educated in the arts
(c) subservient and docile
(d) absent minded and useless

2. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?
(a) that painting is a waste of time
(b) that sculpture is the greatest art form
(c) that art is a useless occupation
(d) that humans should never be painted nude

3. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?
(a) stand up
(b) utter a word
(c) believe his ears
(d) refuse Lorenzo de Medici

4. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(b) Pope Julius II
(c) Lorenzo de Medici
(d) the Doge of Milan

5. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?
(a) still lifes
(b) small portraits
(c) practice canvases
(d) frescoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?

2. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?

3. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?

4. How does Michelangelo set himself apart at the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio?

5. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?

(see the answer key)

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