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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. The child featured in Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yardwinder is reaching for what object?
(a) His mother's hair.
(b) A jewel.
(c) A cross.
(d) A cloud.

2. Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yarnwinder was completed at the request of which courtier within the court of Louis XII?
(a) His treasurer.
(b) His court jester.
(c) His secretary.
(d) His scribe.

3. According to Walter Isaacson, what was the paramount theme in Leonardo's art?
(a) Familial connections.
(b) Religious zeal.
(c) The spiritual connection between the earth and humans.
(d) The contrast between love and hate.

4. Even though Isabella told Leonardo that she would pay whatever he wished for a painting, he declined. Who then stepped in to offer Isabella one of his own paintings?
(a) Salai.
(b) Boticelli.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Verracchio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leonardo was the first person to correctly depict what aspect of the human body?

3. The four universal conditions of men, according to Leonardo, were mirth, weeping, fighting, and what?

4. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?

5. How many illegitimate children did Pope Alexander VI have?

(see the answer key)

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