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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. What does Michelangelo discover his father believes about Lorenzo de Medici?

2. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

3. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?

4. What does Savonarola believe art is?

5. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Michelangelo's meeting Clarissa.

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

3. Explain how Michelangelo finally gets to do some real artwork.

4. Why doesn't Michelangelo accept the offer to return to Ghirlandaio's school?

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

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

7. Describe the beginning of the friendship between Michelangelo and the Contessina.

8. What, beside the Bacchus commission, does Michelangelo get from Jacopo Galli?

9. Describe Michelangelo's strong opinions about art.

10. Explain what Michelangelo is expected to learn in addition to his art.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the devastating effects of Savonarola's rule in Florence. Mention the art that was destroyed and the closing of art schools. Also include how Botticelli buckled under the pressure of Savonarola's sermons.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on how successful people are either admired or envied and hated. Use Michelangelo as an example but expand the essay into a general truth.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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