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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. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?
(a) the appointed city leaders
(b) Savonarola
(c) the Pope
(d) Michelangelo

2. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?
(a) the wife of Lorenzo
(b) the mother of Lorenzo
(c) the youngest daughter of Lorenzo
(d) the eldest daughter of Lorenzo

3. who brings Michelangelo to Ghirlandaio?
(a) Lorenzo de Medici
(b) Francesco Granacci
(c) Baldinelli
(d) Lodovico Buonarroti

4. Displeased with Piero de Medici, what are the people of Florence more inclined to listen to?
(a) Savonarola's sermons praising Piero de Medici
(b) proposals for annexing Florence to France
(c) Savonarola's sermons about the excesses of evil
(d) speakers promoting a democratic government

5. What is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?
(a) how to dress
(b) where to get his supplies
(c) how to tell his father
(d) at what hour to arrive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?

2. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?

3. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?

4. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?

5. Who operates the sculpture garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Michelangelo's ideas depart from the ideas of his teacher.

2. Explain what Michelangelo is expected to learn in addition to his art.

3. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

4. Explain how the antagonism of Bramante developed against Michelangelo.

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

6. What is Michelangelo's dilemma while trying to learn from Bertoldo?

7. Why doesn't Michelangelo accept the offer to return to Ghirlandaio's school?

8. What is the result of Michelangelo's carving something for Piero de Medici?

9. How does Michelangelo escape his father's house?

10. Describe Michelangelo's living conditions when he first comes to Rome.

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