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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 Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?
(a) the de Medici family burial vault
(b) the de Medici family church, San Lorenzo
(c) the Contessina's tomb
(d) the statue of St. Teresa

2. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) Clarissa
(b) Sofia
(c) Gina
(d) the Contessina

3. What does Julius II give Michelangelo?
(a) a house he must pay rent on but no money
(b) an order to redesign his tomb
(c) a small stipend which he sends to his father
(d) a work area he must pay rent on

4. What is worked out that the Duke of Urbino will accept instead of the finished tomb?
(a) an assignment as the Cardinal of Milan
(b) a written apology from Michelangelo
(c) a statue of Moses and two other statues in Michelangelo's home
(d) an extension of time to finish the tomb

5. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?
(a) money to open their own shop
(b) an audience with Pope Leo X
(c) a place to stay in Rome
(d) his house in Florence

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?

2. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?

3. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

4. Who is gaining in popularity and importance in Rome to Michelangelo's advantage?

5. What does Pope Leo X want Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Michelangelo react when he is refused admittance to see Pope Julius II?

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

5. What is the political shift in the Vatican after Leo X dies?

6. How does Michelangelo learn about the block of marble that will eventually become one of his greatest works?

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

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

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

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

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