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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 accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?
(a) a design for a new cathedral
(b) an art exhibit in the palizzo
(c) a sculpture of the Mona Lisa
(d) painting a wall next to his

2. Who is perfectly content to keep house and cook for Michelangelo?
(a) Lionardo
(b) Buonarroto
(c) Granacci
(d) Argiento

3. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?
(a) it is thrown into the tiber rriver
(b) it is left where it lay affter the accident
(c) it is used for tiling the floor of the duomo
(d) it is crushed and used for road paving

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

5. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?
(a) to find a patron
(b) to learn from his own mistakes
(c) to learn how to keep files
(d) to see how much better he is

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?

3. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?

4. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?

5. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?

(see the answer key)

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