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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. Having lost everything, what is the one contract Michelangelo has?

2. As payment to the French, what will Michelangelo carve?

3. What causes the death of Pope Leo X?

4. What does Sangallo, Michelangelo's old friend, discover about Michelangelo's problem with the painting?

5. Why do the city fathers of Florence not receive Michelangelo well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michelangelo hope for after Pope Julius II dies?

2. How does Pope Leo X, Giovanni de Medici, the first of the de Medici Popes, use Vatican finances?

3. What family problem does Michelangelo attempt to solve with his brothers?

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

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

6. How does Bramante complicate the start of Pope Julius II's tomb?

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

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

9. What is the political shift in the Vatican after Leo X dies?

10. How does Michelangelo react when he is refused admittance to see Pope Julius II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about humility. Refer to the meeting between Michelangelo and Galli who lay on his deathbed. In your essay use Galli's words that plenty brings pride. Discuss the importance of humility in life.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on education by observing. Using Michelangelo's impact on the painter, Rafael, and his own watching outside the Sculpture Garden, discuss in your essay how watching a master work is a kind of education in itself.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on Michelangelo's statement to Clarissa that ugliness is evil. Discuss how this sums up Michelangelo's feelings about beauty. Include how the statement illustrates the religious ideas of the artist apart from any Church affiliation.

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