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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Rome and is able to help clean out Michelangelo's new quarters?
(a) his brother Buonarroto
(b) his friend Granacci
(c) his brother Lionardo
(d) his father Lodovico

2. Who can Michelangelo not rely on to pay his apprentice fees?
(a) his friend, Francesco
(b) his father, Lodovico
(c) his friends, the Tropolinos
(d) his patron, Lorenzo

3. What is Michelangelo expected to learn about?
(a) dress, manners, life, and art
(b) charging for his work
(c) marble quarrying
(d) keeping a journal

4. What do the members of the elite academy discuss and learn about?
(a) science, exploration, and evolution
(b) history, religion, and horticulture
(c) art, history, and geography
(d) political, literary, music and philosophical ideas

5. Who gets Michelangelo a short interview with Cardinal Riario?
(a) Jacopo Galli
(b) Giuliano da Sangallo
(c) Leo Baglioni
(d) Andrea Bregno

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michelangelo set himself apart at the Guild Hall of Signor Ghirlandaio?

2. Who is Cardinal Riario di San Giorgio looking for?

3. What elite group is Michelangelo invited to join?

4. who brings Michelangelo to Ghirlandaio?

5. Because he likes Michelangelo's cupid so well, what does Jacopo Galli commission him to sculpt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the risk Michelangelo takes for his art.

2. Explain how the antagonism of Bramante developed against Michelangelo.

3. Why doesn't Michelangelo accept the offer to return to Ghirlandaio's school?

4. Tell something about Michelangelo's reception when he returns home.

5. How does Michelangelo react to the Cardinal's failure to give him instructions and permission to start carving?

6. Explain the effect of Michelangelo's broken nose at the hand of Torrigiani.

7. Explain the surprise announcement after Michelangelo has been at Ghirlandaio's school for one year.

8. Explain how Michelangelo finally gets to do some real artwork.

9. How does Torrigiani expose his envy of Michelangelo?

10. What is the first problem facing Michelangelo before he can study under Bertoldo?

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