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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. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?

2. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?

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

4. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?

5. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Even in Florence what does Michelangelo learn about the influence of the Pope?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on political intrigue using the succession of popes during Michelangelo's lifetime as examples. Discuss how circumstances kept changing that often threatened Michelangelo's work.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about humility. Refer to the meeting between Michelangelo and Galli who lay on his deathbed. In your essay use Galli's words that plenty brings pride. Discuss the importance of humility in life.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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