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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Personal Life - Chapter 13: Math.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 6.
(b) 50.
(c) 112.
(d) 82.

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 convicted of sodomy and were sentenced to prison, exile, or death?
(a) 120.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 500.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?

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

4. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?

5. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?

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