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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?
(a) it is left where it lay affter the accident
(b) it is crushed and used for road paving
(c) it is used for tiling the floor of the duomo
(d) it is thrown into the tiber rriver

3. Where is the thirteen-year-old Michelangelo taken in March of 1488?
(a) to see the Pope in Rome
(b) the Medici Palace
(c) the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio
(d) to the home of the Tropolinos

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

5. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
(a) the Pope dies
(b) the marble shatters
(c) the road cannot be completed
(d) the project is to be abandoned

Short Answer Questions

1. As a second problem, what must Michelangelo have if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

2. From whom does Jacopo Galli secure a commission for Michelangelo?

3. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

4. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?

5. To whom does the sculpture garden belong?

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