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

2. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were accused of sodomy?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 800.
(d) 1,100.

3. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?
(a) One third.
(b) One quarter.
(c) One fifth.
(d) One half.

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

5. 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) Blocking.
(b) Sgraffito.
(c) Glazing.
(d) Sfumato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?

2. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?

3. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?

4. Whose work on shadows did Leonardo study?

5. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?

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