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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who operates the sculpture garden?
(a) Bertoldo
(b) da Vinci
(c) Bernini
(d) Bottecelli

2. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
(a) the Pope might become angry with the Ridolfi family
(b) he does not have the proper clothes
(c) her husband will not allow it
(d) he does not know where to find her

3. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?
(a) indifferent, holding back payment
(b) disgusted because it is nude
(c) angry over the misuse of the marble
(d) enthralled by what they see

4. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?
(a) selling miniature sculptures
(b) looking for him
(c) befriending the Borgias
(d) working for the Pope

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?

3. If caught in his nighttime study of anatomy, what might the Church do to him?

4. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?

5. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

(see the answer key)

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