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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. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 10.

2. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?
(a) Caterina.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Piera.
(d) Antonia.

3. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
(a) Sgraffito.
(b) Blocking.
(c) Glazing.
(d) Sfumato.

4. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?
(a) Florenzer.
(b) Florette.
(c) Flor.
(d) Florencier.

5. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?
(a) 19.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo's initial anatomy studies of 1489 focused on what part of the body?

2. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?

3. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?

4. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?

5. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

(see the answer key)

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