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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?
(a) getting drunk and living a wild life
(b) running contraband goods
(c) seeing a lover
(d) looking for ways out of Florence

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

3. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?
(a) the mother of Lorenzo
(b) the wife of Lorenzo
(c) the youngest daughter of Lorenzo
(d) the eldest daughter of Lorenzo

4. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?
(a) Contessina de Medici
(b) Lodovico
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Bertoldo

5. What does Lodovico initially refuse to give his son?
(a) permission to attend the de Medici school
(b) the new equipment he will need
(c) money to live on
(d) new clothes fitting for the Medici palace

Short Answer Questions

1. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?

2. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?

3. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?

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

5. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?

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