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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: I Can Also Paint and Chapter 1: Childhood - Chapter 6: Court Entertainer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?
(a) The Orsinis.
(b) The Machiavellis.
(c) The Borgias.
(d) The Medicis.

2. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?
(a) Clothed and shown from the waist up.
(b) Hiding their nakedness with their hair.
(c) Clothed and shown from the waist down.
(d) Turned away from the viewer.

3. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?
(a) Florenzer.
(b) Flor.
(c) Florette.
(d) Florencier.

4. What kind of organization was the Compagnia di San Luca that Leonardo joined in 1472?
(a) A religious organization.
(b) A co-op.
(c) A guild.
(d) A painters' fraternity.

5. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Museum.
(b) Art studio.
(c) Zoo.
(d) Library.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?

3. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?

4. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?

5. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

(see the answer key)

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