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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 set himself apart at the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio?

2. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?

3. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?

4. What does Savonarola believe art is?

5. What raw material does Michelangelo use to carve a crucifix?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Torrigiani expose his envy of Michelangelo?

2. Describe Michelangelo's meeting Clarissa.

3. Describe Michelangelo's strong opinions about art.

4. What does Lorenzo de Medici reveal to Michelangelo about his training?

5. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

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

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

8. What is the result of Michelangelo's carving something for Piero de Medici?

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

10. What is the first problem facing Michelangelo before he can study under Bertoldo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Michelangelo's statement that a troubled mind makes a poor draftsman. Discuss how problems and worries interfere with creative work of any kind. Conclude your essay with a recommendation for dealing with problems while trying to accomplish a task.

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 Michelangelo's statement to Clarissa that ugliness is evil. Discuss how this sums up Michelangelo's feelings about beauty. Include how the statement illustrates the religious ideas of the artist apart from any Church affiliation.

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