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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. Lady with an Ermine is painted on a panel made of what type of wood?
(a) Birch.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Teak.
(d) Walnut.

2. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Salai.
(b) Caterina Sforza.
(c) Lucrezia Borgia.
(d) Cecilia Gallerina.

3. Rather than being shown in profile, as was traditional, the subject of Lady with an Ermine is shown in what way?
(a) From the knees up.
(b) In full frontal view.
(c) In three-quarters view.
(d) From the neck up.

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

5. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?
(a) A bluebird.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A kite.
(d) An osprey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?

2. Leonardo insisted that all boundaries within both art and nature were what?

3. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?

4. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?

5. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?

(see the answer key)

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