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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to go to the Medici school along with Michelangelo?
(a) Torrigiani
(b) Granacci
(c) Donatello
(d) Bertoldo

2. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?
(a) his patron, Lorenzo
(b) his friends, the Tropolinos
(c) his father, Lodovico
(d) his friend, Francesco

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

4. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
(a) his son's becoming famous
(b) Michelangelo will change his mind
(c) a new position in Milan
(d) connections to de Medici

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?

2. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?

3. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?

4. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?

5. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?

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