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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Michelangelo use for models to perfect his knowledge of anatomy?
(a) boys he finds playing on the streets
(b) off duty guards at the Cardinal's palace
(c) his brothers who come down from Florence
(d) men in the Roman baths

2. What is Michelangelo's position in the home of Cardinal Riario?
(a) the apprentice architect
(b) the philosophy instructor
(c) the Cardinals confidant
(d) one of the Cardinal's skilled workmen

3. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?
(a) Torrigiani
(b) Bertoldo
(c) Donatello
(d) Granacci

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

5. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?
(a) that sculpture is the greatest art form
(b) that humans should never be painted nude
(c) that painting is a waste of time
(d) that art is a useless occupation

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

2. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

3. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?

4. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

5. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?

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