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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) vandals attack it
(b) the Cardinal wants it
(c) the marble cracks
(d) it falls over

2. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) not to take Florence artists to Rome
(b) to lower Florence's taxes
(c) not to conquer Florence
(d) to come and rule Florence

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

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

5. What does Pope Leo offer for Michelangelo to work on?
(a) a baptismal font for San Lorenzo
(b) the portico of his summer palace
(c) the walls of a sacristy of the San Lorenzo
(d) decorations for the Papal apartments

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

7. 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 cupid for the Bishop of Florence
(d) a garden decoration for de Medici

8. 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) after her husband dies
(d) on her deathbed

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

10. What does Michelangelo accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?
(a) painting a wall next to his
(b) a design for a new cathedral
(c) an art exhibit in the palizzo
(d) a sculpture of the Mona Lisa

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

12. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?
(a) another pieta
(b) a new marble throne
(c) his tomb in the middle of St. Peter's
(d) a copy of the David

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

14. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
(a) he does not have the proper clothes
(b) the Pope might become angry with the Ridolfi family
(c) he does not know where to find her
(d) her husband will not allow it

15. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?
(a) the Carraini people run away
(b) the Carraini people attack Michelangelo
(c) the Carraini people destroy the road
(d) the Carraini people raise the price of Pietrasanta marble

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?

2. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?

3. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?

4. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?

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

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