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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?
(a) history, religion, and horticulture
(b) political, literary, music and philosophical ideas
(c) science, exploration, and evolution
(d) art, history, and geography

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

3. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a new wardrobe
(b) a large block of marble
(c) a house
(d) a seat on the city council

4. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
(a) the marble shatters
(b) the road cannot be completed
(c) the project is to be abandoned
(d) the Pope dies

5. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?
(a) having to finish too quickly
(b) having to comply with other people's ideas
(c) not paying him what they are worth
(d) not getting enough of them

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?

2. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?

3. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?

4. For whom does Michelangelo offer to carve something?

5. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

(see the answer key)

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