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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?
(a) back to restore the Sculpture Garden
(b) back into the de Medici home
(c) on a trip to visit King Charles VIII of France
(d) on a trip to Bologna

2. What is the first of Michelangelo's problems if he wants to study under Bertoldo?
(a) money to buy sculpting tools
(b) the attitude of his father
(c) two years left as an apprentice for Ghirlandaio
(d) Ghirlandaio's attitude toward sculpture

3. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?
(a) bring him back as a teacher of sculpture
(b) find him another patron
(c) accept him back as an apprentice
(d) sponsor him as a sculptor

4. Who comes and sees the sculpture Michelangelo did?
(a) Contessina de Medici
(b) Bertoldo
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Lodovico

5. What is Lodovico unable to do when Michelangelo is given the privilege of living in the de Medici household?
(a) refuse Lorenzo de Medici
(b) believe his ears
(c) utter a word
(d) stand up

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Pietro Torrigiani described?

2. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?

3. What does Michelangelo believe that Ghirlandaio disagrees with?

4. Who is Il Magnifico?

5. Eventually, what does Lodovico hope for that will help his family?

(see the answer key)

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