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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?
(a) Francesco Granacci
(b) Pietro Torrigiani
(c) Donato Donatello
(d) Bertoldo, the sculpture master

2. What does Michelangelo refuse to do for Piero de Medici?
(a) design jewelry for his wife
(b) carve a bust of his wife
(c) paint a portrait of his wife
(d) escort his wife

3. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) David
(b) Hercules
(c) St. Paul
(d) a pieta

4. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?
(a) he is made of money
(b) he is in trouble with the law
(c) he is a total failure
(d) he has contracts he hasn't told them about

5. Who agrees to protect Florence from the Borgias?
(a) the Gauls
(b) the Vatican
(c) the French
(d) the Greeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?

2. After Lodovico dies in 1534, what does Michelangelo do?

3. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?

4. What does Savonarola preach about the de Medici family?

5. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?

(see the answer key)

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