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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) introduces him to a diplomat
(b) shows him where to buy marble
(c) helps him when his stepmother dies
(d) teaches him more about architecture

2. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) corrupted by power and money
(b) subservient and docile
(c) absent minded and useless
(d) overly educated in the arts

3. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
(a) the road cannot be completed
(b) the Pope dies
(c) the marble shatters
(d) the project is to be abandoned

4. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
(a) connections to de Medici
(b) Michelangelo will change his mind
(c) his son's becoming famous
(d) a new position in Milan

5. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?
(a) back sharing a bed with his brother
(b) working in the marble quarry
(c) on the way to Portugal
(d) back at the Tropolino house

Short Answer Questions

1. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?

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

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

4. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?

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

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