When Michelangelo was only 27, he carved the 13½-foot statue of David from __________

a. two blocks of limestone
b. a single block of granite
c. a hillside of living rock
d. a single piece of almost unworkable marble
e. three odd-shaped blocks of Carrara marble


Answer: d. a single piece of almost unworkable marble

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