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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?
(a) proposals for a variety of projects
(b) an audience with the Pope
(c) a new house and shop
(d) money that has long been owed him

2. What does Michelangelo see in the form of Tommaso Cavalieri?
(a) the epitome of the figures he has painted and carved
(b) the way he would have looked if his face had not been ruined
(c) a potentially good model
(d) the way he would like to look

3. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?
(a) she demands fine gowns and jewels
(b) she tries to seduce Michelangelo
(c) she produces several children
(d) she becomes a spy for Pope Julius II

4. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?
(a) his house in Florence
(b) a place to stay in Rome
(c) an audience with Pope Leo X
(d) money to open their own shop

5. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?
(a) on her deathbed
(b) after her husband dies
(c) one night in the Sistine Chapel
(d) when she becomes the official hostess of the Pope

6. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
(a) the Pope dies
(b) the project is to be abandoned
(c) the marble shatters
(d) the road cannot be completed

7. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?
(a) it falls over
(b) vandals attack it
(c) the Cardinal wants it
(d) the marble cracks

8. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?
(a) that he be given extra money for paints
(b) that only he have the keys to the chapel
(c) that Swiss Guards surround the chapel at night
(d) that he sleep in the chapel

9. Why are Michelangelo and some of his friends under suspicion in Rome?
(a) because they do not think the Church is infallible
(b) because the rarely attend mass
(c) because they prefer the nude statues of Michelangelo
(d) because they visit with King Charles V of France

10. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) uplift the worshipers who will come there
(b) make it look larger than it is
(c) draw the eye away from the floor
(d) to mask the problems created by others

11. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?
(a) to test some of his inventions
(b) to get back at Michelangelo
(c) to be on the winning side
(d) to hedge his bets

12. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?
(a) Tommaso Cavalieri
(b) Pietro Torrigiani
(c) Andrea Bregno
(d) Francesco Granacci

13. Who agrees to protect Florence from the Borgias?
(a) the Gauls
(b) the French
(c) the Vatican
(d) the Greeks

14. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?
(a) he is not allowed to travel to Florence to get his receipts
(b) he never kept any receipts
(c) his receipts were lost in a fire
(d) his recordkeeping is poor

15. What does Pope Leo offer for Michelangelo to work on?
(a) decorations for the Papal apartments
(b) the walls of a sacristy of the San Lorenzo
(c) a baptismal font for San Lorenzo
(d) the portico of his summer palace

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

2. What does da Vinci tell Michelangelo that he has brought to its limits with nothing for others to perfect?

3. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?

4. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?

5. What is worked out that the Duke of Urbino will accept instead of the finished tomb?

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