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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?
(a) sandstone taken from the quarry
(b) a piece of discarded marble
(c) a large lump of solidified plaster
(d) the hardest available Tuscan walnut

2. Who gets Michelangelo a short interview with Cardinal Riario?
(a) Jacopo Galli
(b) Giuliano da Sangallo
(c) Andrea Bregno
(d) Leo Baglioni

3. Besides working on his commission, what does Michelangelo enjoy in Galli's home?
(a) conversations with a learned man
(b) freedom to find other commissions
(c) a good bed to sleep in
(d) the finest food in Rome

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

5. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?
(a) a sculpture of Dyonisus
(b) a sculpture of Adonis
(c) a sculpture of a Bacchus
(d) a sculpture of Venus

6. After a hard winter, where does Michelangelo's friend Granacci take him?
(a) to a museum
(b) to an art festival
(c) to a sculpture garden
(d) to Venice

7. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?
(a) as though he were not there
(b) as a boy to make the daily coffee
(c) as a messenger boy
(d) as if he knows nothing about art

8. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?
(a) the sculptor Dell'Arca
(b) Signor Aldovrandi
(c) Charles VIII of France
(d) the man who had sculpted a cupid he owns

9. Who operates the sculpture garden?
(a) Bernini
(b) da Vinci
(c) Bottecelli
(d) Bertoldo

10. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?
(a) that art is a useless occupation
(b) that humans should never be painted nude
(c) that sculpture is the greatest art form
(d) that painting is a waste of time

11. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) bring home good reports
(b) start working in marble
(c) stay out of his father's sight
(d) earn some money

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

13. who brings Michelangelo to Ghirlandaio?
(a) Baldinelli
(b) Lodovico Buonarroti
(c) Lorenzo de Medici
(d) Francesco Granacci

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

15. Who comes to Rome and is able to help clean out Michelangelo's new quarters?
(a) his friend Granacci
(b) his brother Buonarroto
(c) his father Lodovico
(d) his brother Lionardo

Short Answer Questions

1. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?

2. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

3. How does Michelangelo feel about painting frescoes?

4. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?

5. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

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