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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: Florence Again - Chapter 25: Michelangelo and the Lost Battles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2009, technicians were able to use infrared imaging techniques in order to expose what hidden piece of Leonardo's first version of Virgin of the Rocks?
(a) Three prophets who had been removed from the final piece.
(b) Three wise men who had been removed from the final piece.
(c) A second painting under the first.
(d) An underdrawing used to compose the painting.

2. The profile pose was the standard for portraits of what type of people during the Renaissance?
(a) Illegitimate heirs.
(b) Men.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Women.

3. How many illegitimate children did Pope Alexander VI have?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. One of Leonardo's most famous lost paintings is entitled Lena and the what?
(a) Swan.
(b) Dove.
(c) Peacock.
(d) Albatross.

5. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 82.
(b) 112.
(c) 6.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's first version of the painting Virgin of the Rocks is housed in what museum?

2. Pope Alexander VI was the first pope to perform what action?

3. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?

4. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?

5. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?

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