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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. Which former admirer of the artist, now seems to scorn Michelangelo?

2. What is the connection of Pope Paul III to the de Medici family?

3. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

4. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

5. The Pope wants the road but what other problem does Michelangelo have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What family problem does Michelangelo attempt to solve with his brothers?

2. Although Pope Clement had been unpopular in Florence, how does Michelangelo view his death?

3. What audacious request does Pope Leo make of Michelangelo while he works on Julius' tomb?

4. How does Pope Leo X, Giovanni de Medici, the first of the de Medici Popes, use Vatican finances?

5. How does Pope Paul III outmaneuver Michelangelo over the matter of Pope Julius' tomb?

6. How does Michelangelo's father add stress to his son while he is working on Pope Julius' tomb?

7. What is the political shift in the Vatican after Leo X dies?

8. How does Michelangelo learn about the block of marble that will eventually become one of his greatest works?

9. Briefly describe the intrigue going on in Rome while Michelangelo works on the Sistine Chapel.

10. How is Michelangelo caught up in the politics between Florence and Pope Clement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Write an essay on education by observing. Using Michelangelo's impact on the painter, Rafael, and his own watching outside the Sculpture Garden, discuss in your essay how watching a master work is a kind of education in itself.

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