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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Michelangelo's problem for getting the Pietrasanta marble to Rome?
(a) no one will help him
(b) the marble is too fragile
(c) no wagon is big enough
(d) no road is available

2. When the project for Leo X is canceled, how does Michelangelo feel?
(a) that the Church is a criminal organization
(b) that the de Medici family is still angry with him
(c) that his life is over
(d) that his life and reputation are ruined

3. Who agrees to protect Florence from the Borgias?
(a) the Gauls
(b) the French
(c) the Greeks
(d) the Vatican

4. Why is Michelangelo unable to show exactly how much he received from Pope Julius?
(a) his recordkeeping is poor
(b) he is not allowed to travel to Florence to get his receipts
(c) he never kept any receipts
(d) his receipts were lost in a fire

5. Why does da Vinci align himself with the Borgias?
(a) to test some of his inventions
(b) to be on the winning side
(c) to get back at Michelangelo
(d) to hedge his bets

6. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?
(a) challenge him to a carving duel
(b) openly denigrates sculpture
(c) steals his commission
(d) makes jokes about Michelangelo

7. What does the new Pope want to do in the church?
(a) to right the wrongs of Pope Leo X
(b) tear down the tomb of Pope Julius II
(c) build a new cathedral
(d) execute all artists

8. From whom does Jacopo Galli secure a commission for Michelangelo?
(a) a prince
(b) a shipping magnate
(c) a cardinal
(d) a magistrate

9. Who causes Michelangelo problems over his plans for Julius II's tomb?
(a) his brother Lionardo
(b) Bramante
(c) Donatello
(d) da Vinci

10. Why does the city of Florence bribe Caesar Borgia?
(a) not to conquer Florence
(b) to come and rule Florence
(c) to lower Florence's taxes
(d) not to take Florence artists to Rome

11. What does the new Pope allow Duke of Urbino to do?
(a) ban Michelangelo from working
(b) confiscate all Michelangelo's marble
(c) take Michelangelo to court
(d) make Michelangelo finish the tomb

12. What does Michelangelo accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?
(a) an art exhibit in the palizzo
(b) a sculpture of the Mona Lisa
(c) a design for a new cathedral
(d) painting a wall next to his

13. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?
(a) that Swiss Guards surround the chapel at night
(b) that he sleep in the chapel
(c) that only he have the keys to the chapel
(d) that he be given extra money for paints

14. After Lodovico dies in 1534, what does Michelangelo do?
(a) sees the work finished on San Lorenzo and returns to Rome
(b) sells everything he has in Florence and goes to Spain
(c) travels to Milan to find new commissions
(d) appeal to Pope Clement for more commissions

15. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?
(a) it is crushed and used for road paving
(b) it is left where it lay affter the accident
(c) it is used for tiling the floor of the duomo
(d) it is thrown into the tiber rriver

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?

2. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?

3. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?

4. What does the news of the death of the Pope bring?

5. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

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