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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 Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?
(a) shows him where to buy marble
(b) introduces him to a diplomat
(c) helps him when his stepmother dies
(d) teaches him more about architecture

2. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?
(a) Lodovico Buonarroti
(b) Savonarola
(c) Leonardo da Vinci
(d) Lorenzo de Medici

3. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) Lorenzo de Medici
(b) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(c) the Doge of Milan
(d) Pope Julius II

4. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?
(a) letters of credit from Jacopo Galli
(b) all the money within one month
(c) part of the money within the week
(d) Michelangelo return to Florence and work there

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?

2. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?

3. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?

4. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

5. Who operates the sculpture garden?

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