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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) the Doge of Milan
(b) Pope Julius II
(c) Lorenzo de Medici
(d) Domenico Ghirlandaio

3. How does Michelangelo learn anatomy at the charity hospital of Santo Spirito?
(a) by watching surgeries
(b) by bathing patients
(c) by dissecting dead bodies
(d) by auditing classes

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?

2. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

3. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?

4. What does Lodovico initially refuse to give his son?

5. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

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