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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?
(a) Bertoldo, the sculpture master
(b) Pietro Torrigiani
(c) Francesco Granacci
(d) Donato Donatello

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

3. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?
(a) design jewelry for his wife
(b) paint a portrait of his wife
(c) escort his wife
(d) carve a bust of his wife

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

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

4. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?

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

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