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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 is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) a pieta
(b) Hercules
(c) St. Paul
(d) David

2. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
(a) the marble shatters
(b) the road cannot be completed
(c) the Pope dies
(d) the project is to be abandoned

3. Who is coming to the home of Vittoria Colonna, the Marchesa di Pescara?
(a) Pope Clement
(b) the Doge of Milan
(c) King Charles V of France
(d) Prince Olaf of Norway

4. As payment to the French, what will Michelangelo carve?
(a) a monument to set up in Paris
(b) something for the Marechal de' Gie
(c) a tomb for the King
(d) something for Charles VIII

5. What kind of artwork does Michelangelo accept reluctantly?
(a) small wood sculpuures
(b) frescos
(c) paintings
(d) jewelry design

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?

2. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?

3. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

4. What does the new Pope allow Duke of Urbino to do?

5. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Pope Clement had been unpopular in Florence, how does Michelangelo view his death?

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

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

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

5. What audacious request does Pope Leo make of Michelangelo while he works on Julius' tomb?

6. Even in Florence what does Michelangelo learn about the influence of the Pope?

7. What family problem does Michelangelo attempt to solve with his brothers?

8. How is Michelangelo caught up in the politics between Florence and Pope Clement?

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

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

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