The Agony and the Ecstasy Test | Final Test - Medium

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The Agony and the Ecstasy Test | Final Test - Medium

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

2. What does the news of the death of the Pope bring?
(a) the Duke of Urbino to Michelangelo's door
(b) riots in the streets of Rome
(c) a commission to carve Pope Clement's tomb
(d) a rush of orders for Michelangelo

3. What scene does Michelangelo want to paint in the Sistine Chapel?
(a) the birth of Jesus
(b) the Genesis story
(c) Noah and the flood
(d) Moses and the Ten Commandments

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo's father accuse him of in letters from Florence?

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

3. Who succeeds Pope Julius II as Pope Leo X?

4. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?

5. What does the Duke really want to punish Michelangelo for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Michelangelo react to the cancellation of the San Lorenzo project?

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

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

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

8. How does Michelangelo's father add stress to his son while he is working on Pope Julius' tomb?

9. How does Michelangelo finally get the Wool Guild commission?

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

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