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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?
(a) the kindness of strangers
(b) the value of personal ethics
(c) the effects of poverty
(d) the jealousy of others

2. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) no road is available
(b) no wagon is big enough
(c) the marble is too fragile
(d) no one will help him

3. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?
(a) Donato Donatello
(b) Bertoldo, the sculpture master
(c) Pietro Torrigiani
(d) Francesco Granacci

4. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?
(a) much criticism of what he does
(b) a special workplace
(c) new sculpting tools
(d) much praise and encouragement

5. Who operates the sculpture garden?
(a) Bernini
(b) Bertoldo
(c) da Vinci
(d) Bottecelli

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

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

3. What does Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?

4. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?

5. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?

(see the answer key)

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