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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 Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?
(a) a snowman
(b) a cupid
(c) a bed
(d) a set of small soldiers

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

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

4. As a second problem, what must Michelangelo have if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) knowledge of the basics of sculpture
(b) ten thousand florins
(c) previous art recognition
(d) an invitation from Bertoldo or one of the de Medicis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Savonarola to agree that he is a heretic and then recant?

2. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?

3. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?

4. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?

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

(see the answer key)

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