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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) stay out of his father's sight
(b) earn some money
(c) start working in marble
(d) bring home good reports

2. 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

3. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?
(a) to find a patron
(b) to learn how to keep files
(c) to see how much better he is
(d) to learn from his own mistakes

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

5. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?
(a) a large lump of solidified plaster
(b) a piece of discarded marble
(c) the hardest available Tuscan walnut
(d) sandstone taken from the quarry

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For whom does Michelangelo offer to carve something?

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

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

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

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