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