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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. What happens when Pope Leo insists on Pietrasanta marble, not Carraini marble?
(a) the Carraini people run away
(b) the Carraini people raise the price of Pietrasanta marble
(c) the Carraini people destroy the road
(d) the Carraini people attack Michelangelo

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

3. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?
(a) he forgets how much Michelangelo has given the family
(b) he thinks Michelangelo lies to him
(c) others work for the Vatican and become rich
(d) he is very poor at numbers

4. What does Michelangelo do after accepting the Cardinal's commission?
(a) gives all his money to Lodovico
(b) moves back to Rome
(c) rents an apartment and sends for Argiento
(d) goes into hiding

5. Who succeeds Pope Julius II as Pope Leo X?
(a) Giovanni de Medici
(b) Jacopo Galli
(c) Cardinal Riario
(d) the Cardinal of San Dionigi

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leonardo da Vinci do that irritates Michelangelo?

3. Why does Michelangelo have trouble with the Bolognese people?

4. From whom does Jacopo Galli secure a commission for Michelangelo?

5. With whom does the Marchesa appear to be affiliated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Michelangelo disenchanted with the work he is doing for a cardinal while thinking about the Wool Guild marble?

2. How does Michelangelo finally get the Wool Guild commission?

3. Even in Florence what does Michelangelo learn about the influence of the Pope?

4. What demand does Pope Julius make on Michelangelo that he does not want to do?

5. How do Michelangelo and da Vinci end up working on the same project?

6. How is Michelangelo caught up in the politics between Florence and Pope Clement?

7. What audacious request does Pope Leo make of Michelangelo while he works on Julius' tomb?

8. How does Pope Paul III outmaneuver Michelangelo over the matter of Pope Julius' tomb?

9. What does Michelangelo realize as he studies the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

10. Why does Michelangelo not close up his brothers' unprofitable shop?

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