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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 find a patron
(b) to learn from his own mistakes
(c) to see how much better he is
(d) to learn how to keep files

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

3. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?
(a) The Plato Academy
(b) The Bishop's Study Group
(c) The Neo Lyceum
(d) The Florence Arts Guild

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michelangelo feel about painting frescoes?

2. Where does Michelangelo go to study?

3. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?

4. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?

5. What does Savonarola believe art is?

(see the answer key)

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