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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. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?
(a) A bluebird.
(b) An osprey.
(c) A kite.
(d) An eagle.

2. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

3. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?
(a) 1498.
(b) 1477.
(c) 1462.
(d) 1490.

4. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
(a) Eight years after.
(b) Two years after.
(c) Eight months after.
(d) One week after.

5. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Florence.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Milan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?

2. By age five, Leonardo lived primarily with whom?

3. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?

4. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?

5. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?

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