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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Personal Life - Chapter 13: Math.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
(a) 1348.
(b) 1501.
(c) 1452.
(d) 1489.

2. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?
(a) 39.
(b) 64.
(c) 169.
(d) 212.

4. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?
(a) A rudder and a spyglass.
(b) A map and a spyglass.
(c) A compass and a rudder.
(d) A compass and a map.

5. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Pius II.
(b) Innocent VIII.
(c) Alexander VI.
(d) Paul II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?

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

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

4. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?

5. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?

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