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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?

2. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?

3. Where does Michelangelo go to study?

4. What does Lodovico think sculptors are?

5. What is Ghirlandaio reluctant to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Michelangelo's first year of training go?

2. Describe how Michelangelo's ideas depart from the ideas of his teacher.

3. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

4. Describe Michelangelo's living conditions when he first comes to Rome.

5. Explain the effect of Michelangelo's broken nose at the hand of Torrigiani.

6. What is Michelangelo's dilemma while trying to learn from Bertoldo?

7. Explain the surprise announcement after Michelangelo has been at Ghirlandaio's school for one year.

8. Describe how Michelangelo gets his start in art education.

9. Describe Michelangelo's strong opinions about art.

10. How does Torrigiani expose his envy of Michelangelo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the value of art in the world. Include what you think the world would be like if there were no art. Mention how censorship of art might have deprived the world of great masterpieces by Michelangelo.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on character assassination using the innuendo about Michelangelo's relationship to Tomasso and other men. Discuss in your essay how such tactics are used as hate mongering to turn public opinion against another person.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on political intrigue using the succession of popes during Michelangelo's lifetime as examples. Discuss how circumstances kept changing that often threatened Michelangelo's work.

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