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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a Bacchus
(c) a sculpture of Adonis
(d) a sculpture of Venus

2. 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 painting is a waste of time
(d) that sculpture is the greatest art form

3. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?
(a) paint a portrait of his wife
(b) design jewelry for his wife
(c) carve a bust of his wife
(d) escort his wife

4. Who is perfectly content to keep house and cook for Michelangelo?
(a) Buonarroto
(b) Argiento
(c) Granacci
(d) Lionardo

5. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) two years left as an apprentice for Ghirlandaio
(b) the attitude of his father
(c) money to buy sculpting tools
(d) Ghirlandaio's attitude toward sculpture

6. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?
(a) dress, manners, life, and art
(b) charging for his work
(c) marble quarrying
(d) keeping a journal

7. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?
(a) Michelangelo return to Florence and work there
(b) all the money within one month
(c) letters of credit from Jacopo Galli
(d) part of the money within the week

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

9. What does Bertoldo, the sculptor master, give Michelangelo?
(a) a special workplace
(b) new sculpting tools
(c) much praise and encouragement
(d) much criticism of what he does

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

11. What is Michelangelo's position in the home of Cardinal Riario?
(a) one of the Cardinal's skilled workmen
(b) the Cardinals confidant
(c) the philosophy instructor
(d) the apprentice architect

12. Working all day and studying all night, what do people think Michelangelo is doing?
(a) getting drunk and living a wild life
(b) looking for ways out of Florence
(c) seeing a lover
(d) running contraband goods

13. Why does Michelangelo compare his work with files borrowed from Ghirlandaio?
(a) to learn how to keep files
(b) to see how much better he is
(c) to find a patron
(d) to learn from his own mistakes

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?

2. As a second problem, what must Michelangelo have if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

3. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?

4. What does Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?

5. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?

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