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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. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's cousin's.
(b) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(c) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(d) Leonardo's stepmother's.

2. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?
(a) Rome.
(b) Pavia.
(c) Milan.
(d) Padua.

3. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
(a) 50.
(b) 38.
(c) 24.
(d) 21.

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

5. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?

2. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?

3. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?

4. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?

5. When Leonardo first came to Milan in 1482, he had hopes of working primarily as a what?

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