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

2. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?
(a) she demands fine gowns and jewels
(b) she becomes a spy for Pope Julius II
(c) she produces several children
(d) she tries to seduce Michelangelo

3. What does Pope Paul III want Michelangelo to do?
(a) to finish the tomb of Pope Julius II
(b) to complete the Sistine Chapel
(c) to carve another David
(d) to return to Florence and reopen the sculpture garden

4. What happens to prevent Michelangelo from finishing the tomb of Pope Julius this time?
(a) a war with the King of France breaks out
(b) the election of Alessandro Farnese to the papacy as Pope Paul III
(c) the tomb is vandalized by religious fanatics
(d) the fact that he has no money for the supplies he needs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?

2. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?

3. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

4. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?

5. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the intrigue going on in Rome while Michelangelo works on the Sistine Chapel.

2. What political unrest occurs while Michelangelo works on the David?

3. What does Michelangelo realize as he studies the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

4. How do the Bolognese assign the guilt of association to Michelangelo?

5. How does Bramante complicate the start of Pope Julius II's tomb?

6. How does Pope Leo X, Giovanni de Medici, the first of the de Medici Popes, use Vatican finances?

7. How do Michelangelo and da Vinci end up working on the same project?

8. What problem does Michelangelo learn about that holds up awarding the Wool Guild commission?

9. Briefly explain the problem Michelangelo has with the Carraini over Leo's insistence on using Pietrasanta marble.

10. Describe briefly the attraction Michelangelo feels toward Tommaso Cavalieri.

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