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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: The Nature of Man - Chapter 19: Personal Turmoil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonardo followed what type of restrictive diet throughout his life?
(a) Pescatarian.
(b) Fruitarian.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Pollotarian.

2. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

3. What is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?
(a) Masculinity.
(b) Asexuality.
(c) Youth.
(d) Androgyny.

4. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?
(a) 140,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

5. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo halted his study of anatomy, and would not return to the subject for how many years?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons did Leonardo plan his horse monument to weigh upon its completion?

2. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?

3. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?

4. While the study of anatomy was pursued primarily by artists in Florence, the study of anatomy in Milan was undertaken mostly by what group of people?

5. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

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