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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who agrees to protect Florence from the Borgias?
(a) the French
(b) the Gauls
(c) the Greeks
(d) the Vatican
2. How does Buonarroto's wife cause problems for Michelangelo?
(a) she becomes a spy for Pope Julius II
(b) she tries to seduce Michelangelo
(c) she produces several children
(d) she demands fine gowns and jewels
3. Who is coming to the home of Vittoria Colonna, the Marchesa di Pescara?
(a) the Doge of Milan
(b) Pope Clement
(c) King Charles V of France
(d) Prince Olaf of Norway
4. Who is the young man Michelangelo becomes infatuated with?
(a) Andrea Bregno
(b) Pietro Torrigiani
(c) Francesco Granacci
(d) Tommaso Cavalieri
5. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?
(a) others work for the Vatican and become rich
(b) he thinks Michelangelo lies to him
(c) he is very poor at numbers
(d) he forgets how much Michelangelo has given the family
6. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?
(a) the unfinished work he left behind
(b) they remember his de Medici connection
(c) he has no money for taxes
(d) fear of angering the Pope
7. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?
(a) painting man as God made him
(b) dressing all the people as Florentines
(c) better horses than on da Vinci's wall
(d) taking too much time to finish
8. What does Michelangelo give his brothers Buonarroto and Giovansimone ?
(a) money to open their own shop
(b) an audience with Pope Leo X
(c) his house in Florence
(d) a place to stay in Rome
9. What does Michelangelo realize his painting in the Sistine Chapel is supposed to do?
(a) draw the eye away from the floor
(b) uplift the worshipers who will come there
(c) to mask the problems created by others
(d) make it look larger than it is
10. What does Michelangelo accept that puts him in competition with da Vinci?
(a) a sculpture of the Mona Lisa
(b) an art exhibit in the palizzo
(c) a design for a new cathedral
(d) painting a wall next to his
11. Who is the female friend Michelangelo visits in Bologna?
(a) Gina
(b) the Contessina
(c) Sofia
(d) Clarissa
12. What saves Michelangelo from losing everything to the Duke of Urbino?
(a) Jacopo Galli testifies in favor of Michelangelo
(b) the Duke dies of a stroke
(c) Pope Adrian has a change of heart
(d) The next Pope is Giulio de Medici, who becomes Pope Clement VII
13. After Lodovico dies in 1534, what does Michelangelo do?
(a) sells everything he has in Florence and goes to Spain
(b) appeal to Pope Clement for more commissions
(c) travels to Milan to find new commissions
(d) sees the work finished on San Lorenzo and returns to Rome
14. What is the connection of Pope Paul III to the de Medici family?
(a) his mother was a de Medici
(b) he was educated by Lorenzo de Medici
(c) he once worked for Pope Leo X
(d) his sister is married to a de Medici
15. What kind of artwork does Michelangelo accept reluctantly?
(a) jewelry design
(b) small wood sculpuures
(c) frescos
(d) paintings
Short Answer Questions
1. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?
2. What work of da Vinci's does Giuliano want to show Michelangelo?
3. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?
4. After three years and a great deal of his personal expense, what happens to Leo X's project?
5. Why can Michelangelo not visit the Contessina?
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