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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who operates the sculpture garden?
(a) Bertoldo
(b) da Vinci
(c) Bottecelli
(d) Bernini

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

3. who brings Michelangelo to Ghirlandaio?
(a) Baldinelli
(b) Francesco Granacci
(c) Lorenzo de Medici
(d) Lodovico Buonarroti

4. What does Torrigiani do to Michelangelo that causes him to flee the palace?
(a) breaks Michelangelo's tools
(b) breaks Michelangelo's arm
(c) breaks Michelangelo's sculpture
(d) breaks Michelangelo's nose

5. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?
(a) a pieta
(b) St. Paul
(c) Hercules
(d) David

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?

3. How does Charles VIII of France want to claim the Kingdom of Naples?

4. What new commission does the Pope give to Michelangelo?

5. What does Michelangelo need before he can start carving the marble?

(see the answer key)

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