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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) not to conquer Florence
(b) not to take Florence artists to Rome
(c) to come and rule Florence
(d) to lower Florence's taxes

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

3. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?
(a) his work must conceal his looks
(b) now he is handsome
(c) it makes him look eccentric
(d) it is something he cannot change

4. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?
(a) the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio
(b) to see the Pope in Rome
(c) the Medici Palace
(d) to the home of the Tropolinos

5. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?
(a) making his name in the art world
(b) finding models
(c) opening his own studio
(d) the sculpture garden

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?

2. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

3. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

4. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?

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

(see the answer key)

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