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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?
(a) money to open their own shop
(b) his house in Florence
(c) an audience with Pope Leo X
(d) a place to stay in Rome

2. With whom does the Marchesa appear to be affiliated?
(a) a group that believes the Church needs reforms
(b) a group of wealthy patrons of the arts
(c) the Royal Family of Spain
(d) the de Medici family

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

4. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?
(a) a garden decoration for de Medici
(b) a gravestone for a merchant
(c) a cupid for the Bishop of Florence
(d) a Risen Christ for Metello Vari

5. What does the Wool Guild own that is of interest to Michelangelo?
(a) a scaffolding they do not use
(b) a contract for decorating a palace
(c) a large block of marble
(d) a studio for rent

6. Pope Paul III likes Michelangelo's nudes in the Sistine Chapel but how do others view them?
(a) too ethereal to understand
(b) scandalous and revolting
(c) old fashioned and plain
(d) too good to be hidden in a church

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

8. Why are Michelangelo and some of his friends under suspicion in Rome?
(a) because they visit with King Charles V of France
(b) because they prefer the nude statues of Michelangelo
(c) because the rarely attend mass
(d) because they do not think the Church is infallible

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

10. What does Pope Paul III want Michelangelo to do?
(a) to return to Florence and reopen the sculpture garden
(b) to finish the tomb of Pope Julius II
(c) to carve another David
(d) to complete the Sistine Chapel

11. When do Michelangelo and the Contessina finally talk about their mutual love?
(a) after her husband dies
(b) when she becomes the official hostess of the Pope
(c) one night in the Sistine Chapel
(d) on her deathbed

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

13. What does the Duke of Urbino, administrator of Julius' will and his heir want from Michelangelo?
(a) to start over on Julius' tomb
(b) to leave Rome and never return
(c) to create a monument to Julius
(d) to finish Julius' tomb

14. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?
(a) she produces several children
(b) she demands fine gowns and jewels
(c) she tries to seduce Michelangelo
(d) she becomes a spy for Pope Julius II

15. What is worked out that the Duke of Urbino will accept instead of the finished tomb?
(a) an extension of time to finish the tomb
(b) a written apology from Michelangelo
(c) an assignment as the Cardinal of Milan
(d) a statue of Moses and two other statues in Michelangelo's home

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction of the city when they first see the David in progress?

2. What is Michelangelo's idea of a statue that can be carved from the defective block of marble?

3. What happens to all the marbles Michelangelo collects for the St. Lorenzo church?

4. Why can Michelangelo not talk to Pope Julius II?

5. What is the misconception his family has of Michelangelo?

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