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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Who is coming to the home of Vittoria Colonna, the Marchesa di Pescara?
(a) the Doge of Milan
(b) Prince Olaf of Norway
(c) Pope Clement
(d) King Charles V of France

3. Why can Michelangelo not talk to Pope Julius II?
(a) the Pope is in Bologna
(b) there is a waiting list for months
(c) the Swiss guard will not let him pass
(d) he cannot gain an audience

4. What happens to prevent Michelangelo from finishing the tomb of Pope Julius this time?
(a) the election of Alessandro Farnese to the papacy as Pope Paul III
(b) the fact that he has no money for the supplies he needs
(c) the tomb is vandalized by religious fanatics
(d) a war with the King of France breaks out

5. Who succeeds Pope Julius II as Pope Leo X?
(a) Cardinal Riario
(b) Giovanni de Medici
(c) the Cardinal of San Dionigi
(d) Jacopo Galli

6. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?
(a) the Pope will not fund it
(b) the Pope will not approve it
(c) the Pope will not decide about it
(d) the Pope will not send workers

7. What does the Duke really want to punish Michelangelo for?
(a) for taking so long to do the tomb
(b) for changing the design of the tomb
(c) for abandoning the project in favor of de Medici projects
(d) for living in the Medicdi palace

8. What does Michelangelo's father accuse him of in letters from Florence?
(a) causing problems for his brothers
(b) spending a fortune on himself
(c) forgetting his family name
(d) siding with the de Medicis.

9. What kind of artwork does Michelangelo accept reluctantly?
(a) jewelry design
(b) paintings
(c) frescos
(d) small wood sculpuures

10. What does the new Pope allow Duke of Urbino to do?
(a) take Michelangelo to court
(b) ban Michelangelo from working
(c) make Michelangelo finish the tomb
(d) confiscate all Michelangelo's marble

11. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) the break up of their families
(b) their places on the city council
(c) a full year's rent
(d) to lose their merchant standing within the community

12. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?
(a) he has contracts he hasn't told them about
(b) he is a total failure
(c) he is in trouble with the law
(d) he is made of money

13. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?
(a) a machine that allows a man to fly
(b) a lens to improve vision
(c) experiments in alchemy
(d) a new kind of carriage

14. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) Clarissa
(b) Sofia
(c) the Contessina
(d) Gina

15. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?
(a) it is thrown into the tiber rriver
(b) it is used for tiling the floor of the duomo
(c) it is crushed and used for road paving
(d) it is left where it lay affter the accident

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?

2. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?

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

4. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?

5. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?

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