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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. While the horse monument was never completed, Leonardo did complete a model of the monument out of what material?
(a) Plaster.
(b) Papier mache.
(c) Clay.
(d) Aluminum.

2. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) Lady with an Ermine.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) A massive horse monument.
(d) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.

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

4. 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) The Annunciation.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) Salvator Mundi.

5. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?

2. In the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?

3. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?

4. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?

5. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?

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