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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 kite.
(b) A bluebird.
(c) An osprey.
(d) An eagle.

2. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
(a) King Henry II.
(b) King Henry IV.
(c) King Charles VIII.
(d) King Francis I.

3. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?
(a) Florenzer.
(b) Florette.
(c) Florencier.
(d) Flor.

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

5. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's stepmother's.
(b) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(c) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(d) Leonardo's cousin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?

2. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?

3. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?

4. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?

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

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