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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to Michelangelo's other problems, what happens to the Cardinal of San Dionigi?
(a) he loses his mind and cannot remember Michelangelo
(b) he dies before the pieta is finished
(c) he is excommunicated
(d) he is sent to be the Cardinal of Germany

2. Besides working on his commission, what does Michelangelo enjoy in Galli's home?
(a) freedom to find other commissions
(b) conversations with a learned man
(c) a good bed to sleep in
(d) the finest food in Rome

3. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?
(a) his father, Lodovico
(b) his friends, the Tropolinos
(c) his patron, Lorenzo
(d) his friend, Francesco

4. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?
(a) it is left where it lay affter the accident
(b) it is used for tiling the floor of the duomo
(c) it is crushed and used for road paving
(d) it is thrown into the tiber rriver

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Il Magnifico?

2. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?

3. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?

4. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?

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

(see the answer key)

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