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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 does Michelangelo's father accuse him of in letters from Florence?

2. As payment to the French, what will Michelangelo carve?

3. What does Pope Julius II want Michelangelo to carve for him?

4. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?

5. What commission has Bramante won from the Pope?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Michelangelo realize as he studies the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

3. How does Michelangelo finally get the Wool Guild commission?

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

5. What problem does Michelangelo learn about that holds up awarding the Wool Guild commission?

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

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

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

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

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

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 how successful people are either admired or envied and hated. Use Michelangelo as an example but expand the essay into a general truth.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the value of art in the world. Include what you think the world would be like if there were no art. Mention how censorship of art might have deprived the world of great masterpieces by Michelangelo.

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