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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
2. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
3. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?
4. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
5. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What language did Leonardo decide to teach himself in the early 1490s and what was the result?
2. What does Walter Isaacson say was the main lesson he tried to take from Leonardo's life in order to apply it to his own life?
3. What are the reasons that Renaissance Italy has come to be known as "a golden age for bastards" (9)?
4. What were the main techniques Leonardo adopted from his mentor, Andrea del Verrocchio, that would go on to be featured prominently in all of Leonardo's later works?
5. What were the underlying reasons for Leonardo's vegetarianism?
6. When Leonardo joined a competition of architects, what was the assigned task for the contest?
7. What symbolism did Leonardo see in the reeds he included in his drawing of Pleasure and Pain?
8. What information was recently discovered in 2017 about Leonardo's birth mother?
9. Discuss an example of Leonardo's use of analogies that led him to new scientific discoveries.
10. What did Leonardo mean when he wrote, "He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-jar" (176)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's message regarding human flaws?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of Leonardo's first mentor Verrucchio within the events depicted in Walter Isaacson's biography. How does the author use his role to highlight the themes within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the coda that is placed by the author just after the body of the narrative ends. How do its themes connect to the overall themes within the biography?
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