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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?
(a) pay him a stipend to study there
(b) give him a good recommendation
(c) buy all of his art supplies
(d) allow him to paint his own designs

2. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) Clarissa
(b) the Contessina
(c) Sofia
(d) Gina

3. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?
(a) better horses than on da Vinci's wall
(b) taking too much time to finish
(c) dressing all the people as Florentines
(d) painting man as God made him

4. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?
(a) because he spurns Clarissa
(b) because he is from Florence
(c) because he has no money
(d) because he works for the Pope

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

3. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

4. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?

5. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

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