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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Displeased with Piero de Medici, what are the people of Florence more inclined to listen to?
(a) speakers promoting a democratic government
(b) proposals for annexing Florence to France
(c) Savonarola's sermons about the excesses of evil
(d) Savonarola's sermons praising Piero de Medici

2. What does Savonarola believe art is?
(a) blasphemous and ungodly
(b) neither good nor bad
(c) a gift from God
(d) godly and uplifting

3. What does Leo X want Michelangelo to work on after his sister dies?
(a) the de Medici family church, San Lorenzo
(b) the de Medici family burial vault
(c) the statue of St. Teresa
(d) the Contessina's tomb

4. Besides working on his commission, what does Michelangelo enjoy in Galli's home?
(a) conversations with a learned man
(b) freedom to find other commissions
(c) the finest food in Rome
(d) a good bed to sleep in

5. Who is the young Contessina de Medici that Michelangelo sees in the sculpture garden?
(a) the youngest daughter of Lorenzo
(b) the wife of Lorenzo
(c) the eldest daughter of Lorenzo
(d) the mother of Lorenzo

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lodovico want Michelangelo accepted?

2. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?

3. While working on Julius' tomb, what comes Michelangelo's way?

4. Who operates the sculpture garden?

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

(see the answer key)

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