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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?
(a) sitting in a tree, looking over the wall
(b) standing outside the school's gates, watching
(c) waiting to see a de Medici coming
(d) putting out his paintings for sale

2. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?
(a) that it is progressing
(b) that it is holy
(c) that it is his life
(d) that it is all he knows

3. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?
(a) a cupid
(b) a bed
(c) a set of small soldiers
(d) a snowman

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?

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

3. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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