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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?
(a) Lorenzo de Medici
(b) Lodovico Buonarroti
(c) the Tropolinos
(d) Baldinelli
2. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?
(a) part of the money within the week
(b) all the money within one month
(c) Michelangelo return to Florence and work there
(d) letters of credit from Jacopo Galli
3. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?
(a) a new set of carving tools
(b) an assistant to help him work
(c) getting the marble moved to Rome
(d) specific permission from the Cardinal
4. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?
(a) a sculpture of Venus
(b) a sculpture of Dyonisus
(c) a sculpture of a Bacchus
(d) a sculpture of Adonis
5. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?
(a) to Venice
(b) to a museum
(c) to a sculpture garden
(d) to an art festival
6. What are the people of Florence not happy about?
(a) Piero de Medici's gifts to the poor
(b) Michelangelo's crucifix
(c) the wine crop failure in Tuscany
(d) the lavish wedding of the contessa
7. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?
(a) much praise and encouragement
(b) much criticism of what he does
(c) new sculpting tools
(d) a special workplace
8. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?
(a) seeing a lover
(b) getting drunk and living a wild life
(c) looking for ways out of Florence
(d) running contraband goods
9. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?
(a) that it is his life
(b) that it is all he knows
(c) that it is progressing
(d) that it is holy
10. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?
(a) to live in Rome
(b) to live with the Ridolfi
(c) to a convent
(d) to school in Milan
11. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?
(a) escort his wife
(b) design jewelry for his wife
(c) carve a bust of his wife
(d) paint a portrait of his wife
12. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?
(a) that painting is a waste of time
(b) that art is a useless occupation
(c) that sculpture is the greatest art form
(d) that humans should never be painted nude
13. Besides working on his commission, what does Michelangelo enjoy in Galli's home?
(a) the finest food in Rome
(b) conversations with a learned man
(c) freedom to find other commissions
(d) a good bed to sleep in
14. Where does Lodovico want Michelangelo accepted?
(a) Ghirlandaio's school
(b) the Florentine guard
(c) the Plato Academy
(d) a merchant guild
15. 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
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?
2. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?
3. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
4. In addition to Michelangelo's other problems, what happens to the Cardinal of San Dionigi?
5. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
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