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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 does Giuliano da Sangallo do for Michelangelo?
(a) helps him when his stepmother dies
(b) introduces him to a diplomat
(c) teaches him more about architecture
(d) shows him where to buy marble

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

3. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?
(a) breaks Michelangelo's arm
(b) breaks Michelangelo's sculpture
(c) breaks Michelangelo's nose
(d) breaks Michelangelo's tools

4. Instead of a commission, what does Cardinal Riario give Michelangelo?
(a) the marble
(b) a little money
(c) a scholarship
(d) expenses back to florence

5. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?
(a) letters of credit from Jacopo Galli
(b) Michelangelo return to Florence and work there
(c) all the money within one month
(d) part of the money within the week

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Savonarola to agree that he is a heretic and then recant?

2. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?

3. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the surprise announcement after Michelangelo has been at Ghirlandaio's school for one year.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe how Michelangelo gets his start in art education.

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

8. Tell something about Michelangelo's reception when he returns home.

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

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

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