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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 the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?
(a) he is a total failure
(b) he has contracts he hasn't told them about
(c) he is in trouble with the law
(d) he is made of money

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

3. What does the new Pope allow Duke of Urbino to do?
(a) ban Michelangelo from working
(b) confiscate all Michelangelo's marble
(c) take Michelangelo to court
(d) make Michelangelo finish the tomb

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

5. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) make it look larger than it is
(b) to mask the problems created by others
(c) draw the eye away from the floor
(d) uplift the worshipers who will come there

Short Answer Questions

1. Pope Paul III likes Michelangelo's nudes in the Sistine Chapel but how do others view them?

2. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?

3. What does the news of the death of the Pope bring?

4. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

5. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Michelangelo not close up his brothers' unprofitable shop?

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

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

5. Why is Michelangelo disenchanted with the work he is doing for a cardinal while thinking about the Wool Guild marble?

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

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

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

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

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

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