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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people of Florence not happy about?
(a) Michelangelo's crucifix
(b) the lavish wedding of the contessa
(c) the wine crop failure in Tuscany
(d) Piero de Medici's gifts to the poor

2. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?
(a) back into the de Medici home
(b) back to restore the Sculpture Garden
(c) on a trip to visit King Charles VIII of France
(d) on a trip to Bologna

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

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

5. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?
(a) it is something he cannot change
(b) now he is handsome
(c) his work must conceal his looks
(d) it makes him look eccentric

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?

2. How does Michelangelo learn anatomy at the charity hospital of Santo Spirito?

3. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

4. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?

5. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?

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