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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?
(a) having to comply with other people's ideas
(b) not paying him what they are worth
(c) not getting enough of them
(d) having to finish too quickly

2. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?
(a) a sculpture of a Bacchus
(b) a sculpture of Adonis
(c) a sculpture of Dyonisus
(d) a sculpture of Venus

3. What does Savonarola believe art is?
(a) blasphemous and ungodly
(b) a gift from God
(c) godly and uplifting
(d) neither good nor bad

4. When the project for Leo X is canceled, how does Michelangelo feel?
(a) that the de Medici family is still angry with him
(b) that his life and reputation are ruined
(c) that his life is over
(d) that the Church is a criminal organization

5. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?
(a) to test some of his inventions
(b) to get back at Michelangelo
(c) to be on the winning side
(d) to hedge his bets

Short Answer Questions

1. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?

2. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?

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

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

5. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?

(see the answer key)

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