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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?
(a) to live in Rome
(b) to live with the Ridolfi
(c) to a convent
(d) to school in Milan

2. What kind of artwork does Michelangelo accept reluctantly?
(a) small wood sculpuures
(b) frescos
(c) jewelry design
(d) paintings

3. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) to lower Florence's taxes
(b) not to conquer Florence
(c) to come and rule Florence
(d) not to take Florence artists to Rome

4. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?
(a) steals his commission
(b) makes jokes about Michelangelo
(c) challenge him to a carving duel
(d) openly denigrates sculpture

5. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?
(a) gives all his money to Lodovico
(b) goes into hiding
(c) rents an apartment and sends for Argiento
(d) moves back to Rome

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Leo offer for Michelangelo to work on?

2. Who replaces Pope Leo X?

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

4. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?

5. At the palace de Medici, with whom does Michelangelo share quarters?

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