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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?
(a) learn how to copy him
(b) stop playing and go to work
(c) see how little talent he has
(d) develop his own style in his own way

2. What does Michelangelo learn his old nemesis, Torrigiani, is doing in Rome?
(a) working for the Pope
(b) befriending the Borgias
(c) looking for him
(d) selling miniature sculptures

3. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?
(a) to pay the Cardinal
(b) to pay his father's debt
(c) to send for his family
(d) to buy a workshop

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michelangelo's brother, Lionardo, believe his brother has become?

2. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?

3. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?

4. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?

5. Who asks for two of Ghirlandaio's students to study at his new Medici school?

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