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

2. What on Michelangelo's wall gains him several enemies?

3. Why does Lodovico not understand Michelangelo's financial situation?

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

5. What does Michelangelo insist on from the Pope?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Although Pope Clement had been unpopular in Florence, how does Michelangelo view his death?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about camaraderie. Write about how people in similar circumstances tend to help each other out as everyone did in the workplace of Michelangelo off the Via del Proconsolo.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about religious extremism. Use the example of the Inquisition to show how people sometimes try to enforce their own religious ideology on others.

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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