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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?
(a) The Florence Arts Guild
(b) The Neo Lyceum
(c) The Bishop's Study Group
(d) The Plato Academy

2. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) earn some money
(b) start working in marble
(c) bring home good reports
(d) stay out of his father's sight

3. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?
(a) a plain and untalented boy
(b) a deformed genius
(c) a short, fat hanger on
(d) a well-built, handsome young man

4. What is something Michelangelo learns from members of the academy?
(a) accounting and the importance of politics
(b) literature and the value of writing poetry
(c) elocution and ethics
(d) music and dancing

5. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?
(a) develop his own style in his own way
(b) see how little talent he has
(c) stop playing and go to work
(d) learn how to copy him

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?

2. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?

3. Who gets Michelangelo a short interview with Cardinal Riario?

4. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

5. For his first year as an apprentice, how is Michelangelo treated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Michelangelo finally gets to do some real artwork.

2. Describe Michelangelo's problem in trying to convince his father to allow him to study in the Sculpture Garden.

3. Explain how Michelangelo finds the place where he really wants to be.

4. Describe Michelangelo's frustration in the Sculpture Garden.

5. How does Michelangelo react to the Cardinal's failure to give him instructions and permission to start carving?

6. What does Lorenzo de Medici reveal to Michelangelo about his training?

7. What happens when Michelangelo finally gets to speak with Cardinal Riario about starting on the large block of marble?

8. Explain the effect of Michelangelo's broken nose at the hand of Torrigiani.

9. What is the first problem facing Michelangelo before he can study under Bertoldo?

10. Describe the beginning of the friendship between Michelangelo and the Contessina.

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