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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Il Magnifico?
(a) the Doge of Milan
(b) Lorenzo de Medici
(c) Domenico Ghirlandaio
(d) Pope Julius II

2. How does Michelangelo spend a lot of his free time near the sculpture garden?
(a) sitting in a tree, looking over the wall
(b) waiting to see a de Medici coming
(c) putting out his paintings for sale
(d) standing outside the school's gates, watching

3. After the death of Lorenzo de Medici, where does Michelangelo find himself?
(a) on the way to Portugal
(b) working in the marble quarry
(c) back sharing a bed with his brother
(d) back at the Tropolino house

4. What would closing their shop in Florence cost Michelangelo's brothers?
(a) a full year's rent
(b) the break up of their families
(c) their places on the city council
(d) to lose their merchant standing within the community

5. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?
(a) a lens to improve vision
(b) a new kind of carriage
(c) experiments in alchemy
(d) a machine that allows a man to fly

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Julius demand Michelangelo make for him?

2. In addition to Michelangelo's other problems, what happens to the Cardinal of San Dionigi?

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

4. What does Michelangelo get Ghirlandaio to do for him?

5. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?

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