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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. While working on the panels, what is Michelangelo dreaming about?
(a) opening his own studio
(b) the sculpture garden
(c) finding models
(d) making his name in the art world

2. What is Michelangelo's response when his father tells him he cannot afford to have pride?
(a) I still have some money in my pruse
(b) pride is all I have left
(c) I'm not proud, I'm hungry
(d) I have my name

3. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?
(a) stay out of his father's sight
(b) start working in marble
(c) bring home good reports
(d) earn some money

4. Who is perfectly content to keep house and cook for Michelangelo?
(a) Buonarroto
(b) Argiento
(c) Lionardo
(d) Granacci

5. Besides working on his commission, what does Michelangelo enjoy in Galli's home?
(a) the finest food in Rome
(b) freedom to find other commissions
(c) conversations with a learned man
(d) a good bed to sleep in

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granacci tell Michelangelo that Ghirlandaio is willing to do?

2. Just as Michelangelo starts working for Galli, what do the creditors in Florence demand?

3. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?

4. What does Piero de Medici want Michelangelo to carve for the birthday of his son, Giuliano?

5. What does Michelangelo tell his brother about his art?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the conditions Michelangelo finds when he moves into Lorenzo's palazzo.

3. How does Michelangelo's first year of training go?

4. How does Michelangelo escape his father's house?

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

6. What, beside the Bacchus commission, does Michelangelo get from Jacopo Galli?

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

8. What does Lorenzo de Medici reveal to Michelangelo about his training?

9. How does Torrigiani expose his envy of Michelangelo?

10. What is Michelangelo's dilemma while trying to learn from Bertoldo?

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