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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 happens to prevent Michelangelo from finishing the tomb of Pope Julius this time?
(a) the election of Alessandro Farnese to the papacy as Pope Paul III
(b) a war with the King of France breaks out
(c) the tomb is vandalized by religious fanatics
(d) the fact that he has no money for the supplies he needs

2. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) to lose their merchant standing within the community
(b) a full year's rent
(c) their places on the city council
(d) the break up of their families

3. What happens two days after Michelangelo's return to Rome?
(a) St. Peter's basilica collapses
(b) Pope Clement dies
(c) Rome burns
(d) the Holy Roman Empire is defeated

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 the Wool Guild own that is of interest to Michelangelo?
(a) a contract for decorating a palace
(b) a studio for rent
(c) a scaffolding they do not use
(d) a large block of marble

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?

2. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?

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

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

5. Who replaces Pope Leo X?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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