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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. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?
(a) Salvator Mundi.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) The Annunciation.
(d) The Last Supper.

2. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?
(a) One third.
(b) One quarter.
(c) One half.
(d) One fifth.

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

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

5. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
(a) A starling.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A crane.
(d) A vulture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

3. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?

4. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?

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

(see the answer key)

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