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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. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?

2. What is offered to Michelangelo with a commission for him to sculpt the Twelve Apostles for the cathedral?

3. Who is coming to the home of Vittoria Colonna, the Marchesa di Pescara?

4. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?

5. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Michelangelo react to the cancellation of the San Lorenzo project?

3. What political unrest occurs while Michelangelo works on the David?

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

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

6. What does Michelangelo hope for after Pope Julius II dies?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about camaraderie. Write about how people in similar circumstances tend to help each other out as everyone did in the workplace of Michelangelo off the Via del Proconsolo.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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