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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?
(a) seeing a lover
(b) running contraband goods
(c) looking for ways out of Florence
(d) getting drunk and living a wild life

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

3. What is Michelangelo's response when his father tells him he cannot afford to have pride?
(a) I'm not proud, I'm hungry
(b) I have my name
(c) I still have some money in my pruse
(d) pride is all I have left

4. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?
(a) Signor Aldovrandi
(b) the man who had sculpted a cupid he owns
(c) Charles VIII of France
(d) the sculptor Dell'Arca

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?

3. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?

4. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?

5. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

(see the answer key)

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