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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 discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?
(a) he is bankrupt
(b) he is a saint
(c) he is a tyrant
(d) he is a fool

2. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?
(a) that it is his life
(b) that it is holy
(c) that it is progressing
(d) that it is all he knows

3. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a house
(b) a seat on the city council
(c) a large block of marble
(d) a new wardrobe

4. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?
(a) sandstone taken from the quarry
(b) a large lump of solidified plaster
(c) the hardest available Tuscan walnut
(d) a piece of discarded marble

5. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?
(a) how to dress
(b) where to get his supplies
(c) how to tell his father
(d) at what hour to arrive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?

2. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?

3. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?

4. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?

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

(see the answer key)

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