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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26: Return to Milan - Chapter 33: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1489, the portrait subject of Lady with an Ermine was 15 years old and lived not with her family, but with whom?
(a) Cesare Borgia.
(b) Pope Alexander II.
(c) Giovanni Sforza.
(d) Ludovico Sforza.

2. What type of paint did Leonardo use to create the work entitled Lady with an Ermine?
(a) Oil.
(b) Lead.
(c) Tempera.
(d) Watercolor.

3. In addition to surmising that sound and light travel in waves, what else did Leonardo believe traveled in waves?
(a) Weather patterns.
(b) Rain.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Karma.

4. The profile pose was the standard for portraits of what type of people during the Renaissance?
(a) Illegitimate heirs.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

5. How did Florence save itself from plunder by Cesare Borgia and his armies?
(a) The city's army defeated the forces with cannon fire.
(b) Officials paid an annual bribe.
(c) Officials promised loyalty in perpetuity.
(d) The city's merchants promised a percentage of their sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was Michelangelo's statue David?

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

3. During the 70 years following the creation of The Officers of the Night in 1432, an average of how many men per year were convicted of sodomy and were sentenced to prison, exile, or death?

4. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?

5. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo halted his study of anatomy, and would not return to the subject for how many years?

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