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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a well-built, handsome young man
(b) a deformed genius
(c) a short, fat hanger on
(d) a plain and untalented boy

3. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) two years left as an apprentice for Ghirlandaio
(b) money to buy sculpting tools
(c) Ghirlandaio's attitude toward sculpture
(d) the attitude of his father

4. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?
(a) how to tell his father
(b) where to get his supplies
(c) how to dress
(d) at what hour to arrive

5. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?
(a) as a messenger boy
(b) as if he knows nothing about art
(c) as though he were not there
(d) as a boy to make the daily coffee

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?

3. What does Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?

4. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?

5. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

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