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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 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 crane.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A starling.
(d) A vulture.

2. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
(a) Sgraffito.
(b) Sfumato.
(c) Blocking.
(d) Glazing.

3. 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 was killed in battle.
(b) He died of old age.
(c) He was drawn and quartered by French troops.
(d) He died of syphilis.

4. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?
(a) St. Jerome in the Wilderness.
(b) The Adoration of the Magi.
(c) The Annunciation.
(d) Baptism of Christ.

5. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?

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