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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?
(a) a machine that allows a man to fly
(b) experiments in alchemy
(c) a lens to improve vision
(d) a new kind of carriage

2. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?
(a) elocution and ethics
(b) music and dancing
(c) accounting and the importance of politics
(d) literature and the value of writing poetry

3. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?
(a) Baldinelli
(b) Bottecelli
(c) Il Magnifico
(d) Bertoldo

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Michelangelo is thrilled that he can do?

2. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?

3. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?

4. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

5. What does Michelangelo's father accuse him of in letters from Florence?

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