1. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?
(a) Uccello.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Tricheco.
(d) Anatra.

2. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1430.
(b) 1482.
(c) 1464.
(d) 1451.

3. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?
(a) 1490s.
(b) 1500s.
(c) 1480s.
(d) 1460s.

4. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?
(a) 6.
(b) 20.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) A massive horse monument.
(d) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of Leonardo's thinking regarding birds was gathered into a notebook now known as the Codex on the Flight of Birds. How many folios are present within that notebook?

2. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?

3. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

4. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?

5. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?

(see the answer key)

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