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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
(a) the Pope might become angry with the Ridolfi family
(b) her husband will not allow it
(c) he does not have the proper clothes
(d) he does not know where to find her

2. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?
(a) indifferent, holding back payment
(b) disgusted because it is nude
(c) enthralled by what they see
(d) angry over the misuse of the marble

3. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?
(a) the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio
(b) the Medici Palace
(c) to see the Pope in Rome
(d) to the home of the Tropolinos

4. What does da Vinci tell Michelangelo that he has brought to its limits with nothing for others to perfect?
(a) sculpting tombs
(b) polishing marble like the pieta
(c) larger than life sculptures
(d) painting the nude figure

5. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?
(a) to right the wrongs of Pope Leo X
(b) build a new cathedral
(c) tear down the tomb of Pope Julius II
(d) execute all artists

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo need in order to paint his planned story on the ceiling of the chapel?

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

3. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?

4. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

5. What does Michelangelo have after his meeting with the Cardinal?

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