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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. Cesare Borgia became the first man in history to perform what action?
(a) Prosecute an artist for not producing purchased work.
(b) Resign from the cardinalate.
(c) Lead an army wearing clerical robes.
(d) Defend the Vatican from attack.

2. Santissima Annunziata had a library with how many volumes of books?
(a) 2,400.
(b) 500.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,600.

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

4. When Leonardo moved back to Florence in 1500, in what type of location did he take up residence?
(a) In his father's home.
(b) In a university apartment.
(c) In a church.
(d) In a convent.

5. Authenticity of Renaissance paintings can be difficult to prove due to what habit of the era's painters?
(a) They did not sign their work.
(b) They all painted using similar styles.
(c) They did not believe in auteurism.
(d) They never worked alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?

2. In 2009, technicians were able to use infrared imaging techniques in order to expose what hidden piece of Leonardo's first version of Virgin of the Rocks?

3. From whom did Isabella borrow a portrait by Leonardo so that she could decide which artist should paint her portrait?

4. In what year did the friar Savonarola depose the Medici family and institute a fundamentalist regime in Florence?

5. In what year did Savonarola lead what became known as the Bonfire of the Vanities?

(see the answer key)

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