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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is gaining in popularity and importance in Rome to Michelangelo's advantage?
(a) Pietro Torrigiani
(b) Cardinal Giovanni de Medici
(c) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(d) Cardinal Riario

2. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?
(a) letters to the Pope
(b) a delegation to Charles VIII
(c) a request for mercenaries from Germany
(d) a warrant for Piero's arrest

3. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) make it look larger than it is
(b) to mask the problems created by others
(c) draw the eye away from the floor
(d) uplift the worshipers who will come there

4. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?
(a) the Pope will not fund it
(b) the Pope will not send workers
(c) the Pope will not approve it
(d) the Pope will not decide about it

5. Why can Michelangelo not talk to Pope Julius II?
(a) the Swiss guard will not let him pass
(b) the Pope is in Bologna
(c) he cannot gain an audience
(d) there is a waiting list for months

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

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

3. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?

4. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?

5. Who comes to Rome and is able to help clean out Michelangelo's new quarters?

(see the answer key)

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