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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the festival for his son, where does Piero de Medici invite Michelangelo?

2. What does Michelangelo recognize he must do to keep his father from taking him away?

3. Why does Michelangelo arrange for loans?

4. How do Michelangelo and Granacci reckon Lodovico will not be harsh when he learns his son is going to de Medici?

5. What does Ghirlandaio want Michelangelo to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Michelangelo's meeting Clarissa.

3. Describe the beginning of the friendship between Michelangelo and the Contessina.

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

5. Describe how Michelangelo gets his start in art education.

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

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

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

9. What is the result of Michelangelo's carving something for Piero de Medici?

10. Describe Michelangelo's frustration in the Sculpture Garden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about family relationships. Use Michelangelo as an example of a person who shows loyalty and support of family. Also discuss how family may cause stress on one individual in the family group.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critique of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. Discuss Stone's style and his research to make the novel historically accurate. End with your recommendation for others to read the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on how successful people are either admired or envied and hated. Use Michelangelo as an example but expand the essay into a general truth.

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