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Hercules and Cacus - Quiz
  • 1. Which monster did Hercules kill during his tenth labor?
A) Cerberus
B) Cacus
C) Medusa
D) Hydra
  • 2. What did Cacus steal from Hercules?
A) Cattle
B) Horses
C) Sheep
D) Gold
  • 3. What physical trait of Cacus is mentioned in the text?
A) He was invisible
B) He had three heads
C) He had wings
D) He was fire-belching
  • 4. What does Hercules symbolize in this context?
A) Intellectual wisdom
B) Divine mercy
C) Physical strength
D) Political corruption
  • 5. What does David symbolize in this context?
A) Military conquest
B) Spiritual strength
C) Mathematical precision
D) Physical brutality
  • 6. Who desired both Hercules and David as symbols?
A) The Medici
B) The Republicans
C) The Artists
D) The Romans
  • 7. What is the basic theme represented by the marble group?
A) The victor and the vanquished
B) The father and the son
C) The teacher and the student
D) The artist and the muse
  • 8. According to the text, who represents 'the vanquished'?
A) Hercules
B) The monster
C) The Medici
D) The republicans
  • 9. What does the 'pause' in the marble group suggest regarding the Medici?
A) Indifference
B) Cruelty
C) Leniency
D) Defeat
  • 10. For whom did the 'pause' serve as a warning?
A) The cattle farmers
B) The Medici themselves
C) The royal family
D) Those who would not concede
  • 11. Where is the sculpture 'Hercules and Cacus' located?
A) Vatican City, Rome
B) Piazza della Signoria, Florence
C) Louvre Museum, Paris
D) Uffizi Gallery, Milan
  • 12. Who is the primary sculptor of 'Hercules and Cacus'?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Giorgio Vasari
C) Michelangelo
D) Baccio Bandinelli
  • 13. Between which years was the statue mostly completed?
A) 1508 to 1512
B) 1494 to 1500
C) 1525 to 1534
D) 1530 to 1535
  • 14. What is the total height of the finished statue?
A) 7.50 metres
B) 4.10 metres
C) 3.20 metres
D) 5.05 metres
  • 15. To which famous statue was 'Hercules and Cacus' meant to be a pendant?
A) The Pieta
B) The Dying Slave
C) Michelangelo's David
D) The Moses
  • 16. Who originally commissioned the colossus in 1508?
A) Clement VII
B) Alessandro de' Medici
C) Cosimo I
D) Piero Soderini
  • 17. What type of stone is the statue carved from?
A) White Carrara marble
B) Bronze
C) Travertine limestone
D) Granite
  • 18. What did Vasari claim the project changed to in 1527?
A) The Raising of the Cross
B) Hercules at the Crossroads
C) Samson Slaying the Philistines
D) Cacus in Chains
  • 19. Who assisted the Medici in retaking Florence in 1530?
A) Emperor Charles V
B) Pope Leo X
C) The French Army
D) The Venetian Republic
  • 20. How did Benvenuto Cellini describe the musculature of the sculpture?
A) A sack full of melons
B) Lifeless and rigid
C) Too small for the figure
D) A masterpiece of anatomy
  • 21. What was discovered about the statue during its 1994 restoration?
A) It consists of at least twenty pieces
B) It was carved from a single piece of marble
C) It was originally painted in color
D) It was made of hollow bronze
  • 22. What position did Alessandro de' Medici hold in Florence?
A) Gonfaloniere
B) King
C) Duke of Florence
D) Pope
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