Biography Quiz - Michelangelo

What do you know about the life of Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo?

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1. What was not part of Michelangelo's full name?

Buonarroti ✓

Simoni ✓

Giuliano ✓

Lodovico ✓

2. Where was Michelangelo born?

Venice ✓

Caprese ✓

Mantua ✓

Pisa ✓

3. At the age of 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to what respected painter?

Andrea del Verrocchio ✓

Giotto ✓

Poliziano ✓

Domenico Ghirlandaio ✓

4. Michelangelo was sent to which powerful family to continue his training under the sculptor Bertoldo di Geovanni?

Sforza ✓

Pazzi ✓

Medici ✓

Borgia ✓

5. What sculpture was not made by Michelangelo?

Bacchus ✓

Venus of Urbino ✓

Battle of the Centaurs ✓

Madonna of the Steps ✓

6. What is the name of Michelangelo's sculpture that shows Jesus after he was crucified lying on the lap of his mother Mary?

Mose ✓

Primavera ✓

The Pieta ✓

The Deposition ✓

7. Where is the statue of David located since 1873?

Uffizi Gallery ✓

Palazzo Vecchio ✓

Accademia Gallery of Florence ✓

Florence Cathedral ✓

8. How many scenes from the Bible did Michelangelo paint on the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

12 ✓

9 ✓

4 ✓

15 ✓

9. In the scene of the Creation of Adam painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel whose hand is Adam touching?

Eve's ✓

St. Peter's ✓

Jesus' ✓

God's ✓

10. While studying at the Academy of Ancient Art, Michelangelo was struck with a mallet by his rival Pietro Torrigiano, crushing what part of body and disfiguring him for life?

toe ✓

nose ✓

finger ✓

jaw ✓

11. What did Michelangelo design for the city of Florence?

Military fortification ✓

Town hall ✓

Aquaducts ✓

Sewer system ✓

12. What building did Michelangelo design?

St. Peter's Basilica ✓

Leaning Tower of Pisa ✓

Uffizi Gallery ✓

Ponte Vecchio ✓

13. Approximately how many figures did Michelangelo paint on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

100 ✓

50 ✓

500 ✓

300 ✓

14. The Last Judgment is a fresco by Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of which building?

Sistine Chapel ✓

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore ✓

St. Peter's Basilica ✓

Santa Maria della Salute ✓

15. How many children did Michelangelo have with the poet Vittoria Colonna?

None ✓

A son and a daughter ✓

Three daughters and two sons ✓

Two sons ✓

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