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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Michelangelo is thrilled that he can do?
(a) eat in the dinning room
(b) see and talk to Contessina
(c) travel in the de Medici coach
(d) sleep until noon

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

3. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?
(a) it makes him look eccentric
(b) it is something he cannot change
(c) now he is handsome
(d) his work must conceal his looks

4. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?
(a) the kindness of strangers
(b) the jealousy of others
(c) the effects of poverty
(d) the value of personal ethics

5. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?
(a) a snowman
(b) a bed
(c) a cupid
(d) a set of small soldiers

6. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?
(a) to live in Rome
(b) to school in Milan
(c) to live with the Ridolfi
(d) to a convent

7. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?
(a) Lodovico
(b) Bertoldo
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Contessina de Medici

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

9. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?
(a) Michelangelo will change his mind
(b) connections to de Medici
(c) a new position in Milan
(d) his son's becoming famous

10. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?
(a) on a trip to visit King Charles VIII of France
(b) back into the de Medici home
(c) on a trip to Bologna
(d) back to restore the Sculpture Garden

11. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?
(a) work with two other apprentices
(b) paint with close supervision
(c) bring in a nude model
(d) redesign the panel

12. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?
(a) working in the marble quarry
(b) back at the Tropolino house
(c) back sharing a bed with his brother
(d) on the way to Portugal

13. Where does Lodovico want Michelangelo accepted?
(a) the Plato Academy
(b) the Florentine guard
(c) a merchant guild
(d) Ghirlandaio's school

14. What is Michelangelo's response when his father tells him he cannot afford to have pride?
(a) I still have some money in my pruse
(b) I'm not proud, I'm hungry
(c) I have my name
(d) pride is all I have left

15. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) corrupted by power and money
(b) subservient and docile
(c) overly educated in the arts
(d) absent minded and useless

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

2. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?

3. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

4. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?

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

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