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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26: Return to Milan - Chapter 33: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?
(a) An ascot.
(b) A knee-length cloak.
(c) Breeches.
(d) Cunibert shoes.

2. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Misery.
(d) Labor.

3. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
(a) To improve his art.
(b) To impress his friends in the medical field.
(c) To gain admittance to medical school.
(d) To publish his discoveries.

4. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?
(a) 1592.
(b) 2017.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1773.

5. What did Leonardo's father Piero leave to Leonardo in his will?
(a) His entire estate.
(b) He did not leave a will.
(c) One-tenth of his estate.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book written by Luca Pacioli included 60 illustrations by Leonardo, the only drawings Leonardo ever published in his lifetime?

2. Who retook Milan from the French after their period of occupation?

3. What was the man's name who became Pope Alexander VI?

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

5. Leonardo's most intense technological interest during his time in Rome involved what objects?

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