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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?
(a) a statue of David
(b) a crucifixion
(c) the last supper
(d) a pieta

2. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?
(a) practice canvases
(b) still lifes
(c) small portraits
(d) frescoes

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

4. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?
(a) political, literary, music and philosophical ideas
(b) history, religion, and horticulture
(c) science, exploration, and evolution
(d) art, history, and geography

5. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?
(a) put emphasis on color over form
(b) ignore the shape and features of the body
(c) work faster to finsh a painting
(d) have less trouble with textures

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?

2. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?

3. For whom does Michelangelo offer to carve something?

4. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?

5. What does Michelangelo accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?

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