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

3. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?
(a) Piera.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Caterina.
(d) Antonia.

4. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
(a) In steps.
(b) Improvisationally.
(c) In a group.
(d) Quickly.

5. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Ludovico Sforza.
(b) Corte Vecchia.
(c) Salai.
(d) Luca Pacioli.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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