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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) the Contessina
(b) Sofia
(c) Gina
(d) Clarissa
2. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?
(a) because he works for the Pope
(b) because he has no money
(c) because he spurns Clarissa
(d) because he is from Florence
3. Why can Michelangelo not talk to Pope Julius II?
(a) he cannot gain an audience
(b) the Swiss guard will not let him pass
(c) there is a waiting list for months
(d) the Pope is in Bologna
4. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?
(a) the Carraini people run away
(b) the Carraini people attack Michelangelo
(c) the Carraini people destroy the road
(d) the Carraini people raise the price of Pietrasanta marble
5. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) to lower Florence's taxes
(b) to come and rule Florence
(c) not to conquer Florence
(d) not to take Florence artists to Rome
6. After Lodovico dies in 1534, what does Michelangelo do?
(a) sells everything he has in Florence and goes to Spain
(b) appeal to Pope Clement for more commissions
(c) sees the work finished on San Lorenzo and returns to Rome
(d) travels to Milan to find new commissions
7. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?
(a) his tomb in the middle of St. Peter's
(b) a copy of the David
(c) a new marble throne
(d) another pieta
8. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a house
(b) a seat on the city council
(c) a large block of marble
(d) a new wardrobe
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 they visit with King Charles V of France
(c) because the rarely attend mass
(d) because they prefer the nude statues of Michelangelo
10. 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
11. As payment to the French, what will Michelangelo carve?
(a) a tomb for the King
(b) something for Charles VIII
(c) something for the Marechal de' Gie
(d) a monument to set up in Paris
12. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?
(a) da Vinci
(b) his brother Lionardo
(c) Bramante
(d) Donatello
13. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?
(a) his Florence paint mixture does not work in Rome
(b) he needs to speed up the work before the paint dries
(c) he needs to slow down the work to let the paint dry
(d) he needs to be closer to the surface
14. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) to lose their merchant standing within the community
(b) the break up of their families
(c) their places on the city council
(d) a full year's rent
15. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?
(a) tear down the tomb of Pope Julius II
(b) execute all artists
(c) build a new cathedral
(d) to right the wrongs of Pope Leo X
Short Answer Questions
1. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?
2. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
3. Who replaces Pope Leo X?
4. When the project for Leo X is canceled, how does Michelangelo feel?
5. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?
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