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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?
(a) execute all artists
(b) to right the wrongs of Pope Leo X
(c) build a new cathedral
(d) tear down the tomb of Pope Julius II

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

3. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?
(a) Rafael
(b) da Vinci
(c) Ghirlandaio
(d) Granacci

4. 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 they prefer the nude statues of Michelangelo
(d) because the rarely attend mass

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

6. Who is gaining in popularity and importance in Rome to Michelangelo's advantage?
(a) Cardinal Giovanni de Medici
(b) Pietro Torrigiani
(c) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(d) Cardinal Riario

7. 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 be closer to the surface
(c) he needs to speed up the work before the paint dries
(d) he needs to slow down the work to let the paint dry

8. 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 tomb is vandalized by religious fanatics
(c) a war with the King of France breaks out
(d) the fact that he has no money for the supplies he needs

9. Who replaces Pope Leo X?
(a) Pope Alexander
(b) Pope Clement
(c) Pope Pius II
(d) Pope Adrian

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

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

12. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?
(a) to finish Julius' tomb
(b) to start over on Julius' tomb
(c) to leave Rome and never return
(d) to create a monument to Julius

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?

2. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?

3. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

4. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?

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

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