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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. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?

2. Who helps Michelangelo find a place of his own?

3. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?

4. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?

5. What is the important commission from the Cardinal of San Dionigi that Michelangelo wants to bid on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

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

3. How does Michelangelo react to the Cardinal's failure to give him instructions and permission to start carving?

4. When the Contessina sees Michelangelo after he leaves her house, what transpires?

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

6. How does Torrigiani expose his envy of Michelangelo?

7. What happens when Michelangelo finally gets to speak with Cardinal Riario about starting on the large block of marble?

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

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

10. Explain how the antagonism of Bramante developed against Michelangelo.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critique of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. Discuss Stone's style and his research to make the novel historically accurate. End with your recommendation for others to read the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about family relationships. Use Michelangelo as an example of a person who shows loyalty and support of family. Also discuss how family may cause stress on one individual in the family group.

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