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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new commission does the Pope give to Michelangelo?
(a) designing the Sistine Chapel
(b) sculpting wall decorations for the Sistine Chapel
(c) sculpting statues of saints for the Sistine Chapel
(d) painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

2. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) no one will help him
(b) no road is available
(c) the marble is too fragile
(d) no wagon is big enough

3. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?
(a) Lorenzo de Medici
(b) Baldinelli
(c) Lodovico Buonarroti
(d) the Tropolinos

4. How does Michelangelo set himself apart at the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio?
(a) with his long hours of study
(b) with the poorness of his clothes
(c) with his anti-social behavior
(d) with his talents and beliefs

5. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?
(a) Moses and the Ten Commandments
(b) Noah and the flood
(c) the Genesis story
(d) the birth of Jesus

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?

2. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?

3. Why are Michelangelo and some of his friends under suspicion in Rome?

4. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?

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

(see the answer key)

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