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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?
(a) looking for him
(b) befriending the Borgias
(c) selling miniature sculptures
(d) working for the Pope

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

3. What does Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?
(a) the Contessina's tomb
(b) the de Medici family burial vault
(c) the de Medici family church, San Lorenzo
(d) the statue of St. Teresa

4. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?
(a) much criticism of what he does
(b) new sculpting tools
(c) a special workplace
(d) much praise and encouragement

5. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?
(a) a bas relief
(b) a marble table
(c) a bronze statue
(d) a painting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?

2. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?

3. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?

4. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?

5. Instead of a commission, what does Cardinal Riario give Michelangelo?

(see the answer key)

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