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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?
(a) goes into hiding
(b) rents an apartment and sends for Argiento
(c) gives all his money to Lodovico
(d) moves back to Rome

2. Where does Michelangelo go to study?
(a) the library of the Order of Hermits of Santo Spiritu
(b) the Plato Academy
(c) the Vatican archives
(d) the art school of Milan

3. Who does Michelangelo use for models to perfect his knowledge of anatomy?
(a) boys he finds playing on the streets
(b) men in the Roman baths
(c) his brothers who come down from Florence
(d) off duty guards at the Cardinal's palace

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

5. What new commission does the Pope give to Michelangelo?
(a) sculpting statues of saints for the Sistine Chapel
(b) painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
(c) sculpting wall decorations for the Sistine Chapel
(d) designing the Sistine Chapel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?

2. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?

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

4. What does Michelangelo's father accuse him of in letters from Florence?

5. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?

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