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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?
(a) as a messenger boy
(b) as though he were not there
(c) as a boy to make the daily coffee
(d) as if he knows nothing about art

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

3. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?
(a) release his student
(b) keep Michaelangelo as a student
(c) continue Michaelangelo's stipend
(d) cater to the Medici family

4. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) corrupted by power and money
(b) subservient and docile
(c) absent minded and useless
(d) overly educated in the arts

5. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?
(a) to test some of his inventions
(b) to be on the winning side
(c) to hedge his bets
(d) to get back at Michelangelo

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?

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

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

4. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?

5. What saves Michelangelo from losing everything to the Duke of Urbino?

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