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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 is Michelangelo worried about before going to the Medici school?

2. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

3. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?

4. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

5. Who wants to bring down the papacy and return Italy to the simple, stark, religious ways of his own beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly the way friendship develops between Michelangelo and the contessina.

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

3. Tell something about Michelangelo's reception when he returns home.

4. Describe Michelangelo's strong opinions about art.

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

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

7. How does Michelangelo escape his father's house?

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

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

10. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

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 about religious extremism. Use the example of the Inquisition to show how people sometimes try to enforce their own religious ideology on others.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on loyalty. What is the value of loyalty to friends or political leaders. Is loyalty always repaid?

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