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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's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?
(a) Little Devil.
(b) Prankster.
(c) Lover of the Arts.
(d) Divine One.

2. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.
(b) To mediate local disputes between citizens.
(c) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(d) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.

3. 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?
(a) A compass and a map.
(b) A compass and a rudder.
(c) A rudder and a spyglass.
(d) A map and a spyglass.

4. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?
(a) 212.
(b) 169.
(c) 64.
(d) 39.

5. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?
(a) Silver.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Copper.
(d) Plaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

2. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?

3. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?

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

5. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?

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