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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 first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?
(a) Drama.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Painting.
(d) Storytelling.

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

3. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Museum.
(b) Art studio.
(c) Library.
(d) Zoo.

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

5. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?
(a) A fashion designer.
(b) A producer of pageants.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A portraitist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?

3. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?

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

5. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?

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