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

2. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?
(a) one night in the Sistine Chapel
(b) on her deathbed
(c) after her husband dies
(d) when she becomes the official hostess of the Pope

3. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a new wardrobe
(b) a large block of marble
(c) a house
(d) a seat on the city council

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

5. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?
(a) the Carraini people destroy the road
(b) the Carraini people run away
(c) the Carraini people attack Michelangelo
(d) the Carraini people raise the price of Pietrasanta marble

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?

2. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?

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

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

5. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

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