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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?
(a) he forgets how much Michelangelo has given the family
(b) he is very poor at numbers
(c) he thinks Michelangelo lies to him
(d) others work for the Vatican and become rich

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

3. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?
(a) breaks Michelangelo's sculpture
(b) breaks Michelangelo's nose
(c) breaks Michelangelo's tools
(d) breaks Michelangelo's arm

4. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) Lorenzo de Medici
(b) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(c) the Doge of Milan
(d) Pope Julius II

5. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) Gina
(b) Clarissa
(c) the Contessina
(d) Sofia

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?

2. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

3. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?

4. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?

5. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?

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