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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's response when his father tells him he cannot afford to have pride?
(a) pride is all I have left
(b) I have my name
(c) I still have some money in my pruse
(d) I'm not proud, I'm hungry

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

3. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?
(a) work with two other apprentices
(b) redesign the panel
(c) bring in a nude model
(d) paint with close supervision

4. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?
(a) art, history, and geography
(b) science, exploration, and evolution
(c) political, literary, music and philosophical ideas
(d) history, religion, and horticulture

5. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?
(a) he is bankrupt
(b) he is a tyrant
(c) he is a fool
(d) he is a saint

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

2. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?

3. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?

4. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

5. As a second problem, what must Michelangelo have if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

(see the answer key)

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