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. During his prolonged study of optics, Leonardo dissected the eyes of humans and what other animal?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cows.
(c) Cats.
(d) Pigs.

2. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?
(a) Vitruvian Man.
(b) Virgin of the Rocks.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne.

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

4. 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?
(a) Three wise men who had been removed from the final piece.
(b) Three prophets who had been removed from the final piece.
(c) An underdrawing used to compose the painting.
(d) A second painting under the first.

5. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?
(a) The University of Catania.
(b) The University of Bologna.
(c) The University of Sannio.
(d) The University of Pavia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?

3. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

4. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?

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

(see the answer key)

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