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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: Florence Again - Chapter 25: Michelangelo and the Lost Battles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what age had Isabella been betrothed to Francesco Gonzaga, the Marquess of Mantua, when they married?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Lucrezia Borgia.
(b) Caterina Sforza.
(c) Cecilia Gallerina.
(d) Salai.

3. Who wrote the book On Painting, which became a Bible for Leonardo?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Cesare Borgia.
(c) Salai.
(d) Leon Battista Alberti.

4. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) It burnt to the ground.
(b) French archers used it for target practice.
(c) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.
(d) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.

5. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?
(a) Use them in experiments.
(b) Give them as gifts.
(c) Set them free.
(d) Breed them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo insisted that all boundaries within both art and nature were what?

2. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?

3. What caused Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder to become one of his most influential paintings?

4. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?

5. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?

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