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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets Michelangelo a short interview with Cardinal Riario?
(a) Andrea Bregno
(b) Jacopo Galli
(c) Giuliano da Sangallo
(d) Leo Baglioni

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

3. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?
(a) find him another patron
(b) bring him back as a teacher of sculpture
(c) sponsor him as a sculptor
(d) accept him back as an apprentice

4. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) make it look larger than it is
(b) to mask the problems created by others
(c) uplift the worshipers who will come there
(d) draw the eye away from the floor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Il Magnifico?

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

3. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?

4. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

5. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?

(see the answer key)

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