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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?
(a) breaks Michelangelo's tools
(b) breaks Michelangelo's sculpture
(c) breaks Michelangelo's arm
(d) breaks Michelangelo's nose

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

3. What is the connection of Pope Paul III to the de Medici family?
(a) he was educated by Lorenzo de Medici
(b) his mother was a de Medici
(c) his sister is married to a de Medici
(d) he once worked for Pope Leo X

4. What does Savonarola believe art is?
(a) neither good nor bad
(b) blasphemous and ungodly
(c) godly and uplifting
(d) a gift from God

5. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?
(a) the appointed city leaders
(b) Michelangelo
(c) the Pope
(d) Savonarola

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

2. What does Michelangelo see that Antonio Sangallo is making?

3. Who succeeds Pope Julius II as Pope Leo X?

4. Who is perfectly content to keep house and cook for Michelangelo?

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

(see the answer key)

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