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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?
(a) the unfinished work he left behind
(b) he has no money for taxes
(c) they remember his de Medici connection
(d) fear of angering the Pope

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

4. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?
(a) painting man as God made him
(b) taking too much time to finish
(c) dressing all the people as Florentines
(d) better horses than on da Vinci's wall

5. What is the connection of Pope Paul III to the de Medici family?
(a) he once worked for Pope Leo X
(b) his sister is married to a de Medici
(c) his mother was a de Medici
(d) he was educated by Lorenzo de Medici

6. 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

7. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?
(a) a bronze statue
(b) a bas relief
(c) a painting
(d) a marble table

8. What does the Wool Guild own that is of interest to Michelangelo?
(a) a studio for rent
(b) a contract for decorating a palace
(c) a scaffolding they do not use
(d) a large block of marble

9. What happens two days after Michelangelo's return to Rome?
(a) Pope Clement dies
(b) St. Peter's basilica collapses
(c) the Holy Roman Empire is defeated
(d) Rome burns

10. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?
(a) steals his commission
(b) openly denigrates sculpture
(c) challenge him to a carving duel
(d) makes jokes about Michelangelo

11. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?
(a) he forgets how much Michelangelo has given the family
(b) he thinks Michelangelo lies to him
(c) he is very poor at numbers
(d) others work for the Vatican and become rich

12. What saves Michelangelo from losing everything to the Duke of Urbino?
(a) the Duke dies of a stroke
(b) Jacopo Galli testifies in favor of Michelangelo
(c) The next Pope is Giulio de Medici, who becomes Pope Clement VII
(d) Pope Adrian has a change of heart

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?

2. What does Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?

3. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?

4. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?

5. Before the David statue can be placed, what happens?

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