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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. In what year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
(a) 1489.
(b) 1348.
(c) 1501.
(d) 1452.

2. What was the fate of Giacomo Andrea, the man who was a student of Vitruvius's works and was like a brother to Leonardo?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He was killed in battle.
(c) He was drawn and quartered by French troops.
(d) He died of syphilis.

3. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?
(a) Latin.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

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

5. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?
(a) 1452.
(b) 1460.
(c) 1478.
(d) 1492.

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. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?

3. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?

4. What is the term for the technique that uses contrasts of light and shadow in order to achieve the appearance of three dimensions in a two-dimensional work?

5. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?

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