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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
(a) connections to de Medici
(b) a new position in Milan
(c) Michelangelo will change his mind
(d) his son's becoming famous

5. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?
(a) release his student
(b) continue Michaelangelo's stipend
(c) keep Michaelangelo as a student
(d) cater to the Medici family

Short Answer Questions

1. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?

2. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?

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

4. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?

5. What does Savonarola believe art is?

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