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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 Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?

2. Who is gaining in popularity and importance in Rome to Michelangelo's advantage?

3. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?

4. Who replaces Pope Leo X?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What demand does Pope Julius make on Michelangelo that he does not want to do?

2. How does Bramante complicate the start of Pope Julius II's tomb?

3. Why does Michelangelo not close up his brothers' unprofitable shop?

4. Describe briefly the attraction Michelangelo feels toward Tommaso Cavalieri.

5. Why is Michelangelo disenchanted with the work he is doing for a cardinal while thinking about the Wool Guild marble?

6. How do Michelangelo and da Vinci end up working on the same project?

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

8. Briefly explain the problem Michelangelo has with the Carraini over Leo's insistence on using Pietrasanta marble.

9. How do the Bolognese assign the guilt of association to Michelangelo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 liberal arts education. Mention the advantages Michelangelo received because of his exposure to literature and art in the Plato Academy. Defend the idea of knowing about art, music, and literature today.

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