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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. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?
(a) because he works for the Pope
(b) because he has no money
(c) because he spurns Clarissa
(d) because he is from Florence

2. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?
(a) to design the tomb Michelangelo will carve
(b) to build a new St. Peter's
(c) to add on to the Vatican
(d) to carve the Pope's tomb

3. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) no one will help him
(b) no wagon is big enough
(c) the marble is too fragile
(d) no road is available

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

5. What does Pope Leo X want Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo to do?
(a) work together on the sistine Chapel
(b) become friends
(c) return to Florence
(d) design his summer villa

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo need in order to paint his planned story on the ceiling of the chapel?

2. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?

3. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

4. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?

5. Who is coming to the home of Vittoria Colonna, the Marchesa di Pescara?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pope Paul III outmaneuver Michelangelo over the matter of Pope Julius' tomb?

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

4. What demand does Pope Julius make on Michelangelo that he does not want to do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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