The Agony and the Ecstasy Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Agony and the Ecstasy Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?
(a) a chill caught while on a hunt
(b) a heart attack
(c) the plague
(d) a cup of hemlock

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

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

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

5. Who is being considered to carve the large block of marble that seems to have a defect?
(a) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(b) Leonardo da Vinci
(c) Donato Donatello
(d) Sandro Bottecelli

6. 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

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

8. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) St. Paul
(b) Hercules
(c) a pieta
(d) David

9. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?
(a) the Genesis story
(b) Moses and the Ten Commandments
(c) Noah and the flood
(d) the birth of Jesus

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

11. When the project for Leo X is canceled, how does Michelangelo feel?
(a) that the Church is a criminal organization
(b) that his life and reputation are ruined
(c) that the de Medici family is still angry with him
(d) that his life is over

12. What does the news of the death of the Pope bring?
(a) a rush of orders for Michelangelo
(b) the Duke of Urbino to Michelangelo's door
(c) a commission to carve Pope Clement's tomb
(d) riots in the streets of Rome

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

14. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?
(a) his brother Lionardo
(b) Bramante
(c) da Vinci
(d) Donatello

15. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) the marble is too fragile
(b) no road is available
(c) no one will help him
(d) no wagon is big enough

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

2. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?

3. What does Michelangelo need in order to paint his planned story on the ceiling of the chapel?

4. What does Michelangelo see in the form of Tommaso Cavalieri?

5. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?

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