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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom does Piero de Medici refuse to work?
(a) Michelangelo
(b) the Pope
(c) the appointed city leaders
(d) Savonarola

3. As Michelangelo progresses, what does he learn about life?
(a) the jealousy of others
(b) the kindness of strangers
(c) the effects of poverty
(d) the value of personal ethics

4. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?
(a) absent minded and useless
(b) subservient and docile
(c) corrupted by power and money
(d) overly educated in the arts

5. After one year, what is Michelangelo allowed to paint?
(a) small portraits
(b) practice canvases
(c) frescoes
(d) still lifes

Short Answer Questions

1. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?

2. What is Michelangelo allowed to do for his painting of a neophyte for the Baptism of John panel?

3. Where is the Contessina sent as she nears marriageable age?

4. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

5. How does Michelangelo learn anatomy at the charity hospital of Santo Spirito?

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