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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What distresses Michelangelo about many of his commissions?
(a) having to comply with other people's ideas
(b) not paying him what they are worth
(c) having to finish too quickly
(d) not getting enough of them

3. As payment to the French, what will Michelangelo carve?
(a) a tomb for the King
(b) something for the Marechal de' Gie
(c) something for Charles VIII
(d) a monument to set up in Paris

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

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

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

7. Pope Paul III likes Michelangelo's nudes in the Sistine Chapel but how do others view them?
(a) scandalous and revolting
(b) old fashioned and plain
(c) too ethereal to understand
(d) too good to be hidden in a church

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

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

10. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?
(a) a Risen Christ for Metello Vari
(b) a gravestone for a merchant
(c) a garden decoration for de Medici
(d) a cupid for the Bishop of Florence

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

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

13. What does Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?
(a) the de Medici family burial vault
(b) the Contessina's tomb
(c) the de Medici family church, San Lorenzo
(d) the statue of St. Teresa

14. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?
(a) a large block of marble
(b) a seat on the city council
(c) a house
(d) a new wardrobe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?

2. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?

3. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?

4. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?

5. What is the reaction of the Pope when Michelangelo leaves Rome?

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