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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. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?
(a) allow him to paint his own designs
(b) give him a good recommendation
(c) pay him a stipend to study there
(d) buy all of his art supplies

3. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a short, fat hanger on
(b) a plain and untalented boy
(c) a well-built, handsome young man
(d) a deformed genius

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

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

6. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?
(a) if Granacci is present
(b) if he hears the name de Medici
(c) if his step mother is in the room
(d) if Michelangelo promises to give him his money

7. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?
(a) a pieta
(b) the last supper
(c) a statue of David
(d) a crucifixion

8. What does Lodovico initially refuse to give his son?
(a) new clothes fitting for the Medici palace
(b) the new equipment he will need
(c) permission to attend the de Medici school
(d) money to live on

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

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

11. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?
(a) selling miniature sculptures
(b) befriending the Borgias
(c) looking for him
(d) working for the Pope

12. What does Michelangelo carve surreptitiously?
(a) a cat
(b) a face
(c) a faun
(d) a lion

13. Who does Michelangelo use for models to perfect his knowledge of anatomy?
(a) his brothers who come down from Florence
(b) men in the Roman baths
(c) boys he finds playing on the streets
(d) off duty guards at the Cardinal's palace

14. What does Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?
(a) teaches him more about architecture
(b) introduces him to a diplomat
(c) shows him where to buy marble
(d) helps him when his stepmother dies

15. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?
(a) a new set of carving tools
(b) getting the marble moved to Rome
(c) an assistant to help him work
(d) specific permission from the Cardinal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo learn the city fathers have sent behind Piero de Medici's back?

2. What is Michelangelo's conclusion about his looks after the broken nose?

3. What does Michelangelo insist painting draped figures allows the artist to do?

4. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

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

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