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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. 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) A massive horse monument.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(d) The Last Supper.

2. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?
(a) A knee-length cloak.
(b) Breeches.
(c) Cunibert shoes.
(d) An ascot.

3. Visual perception occurs along the entire area of what part of the eye?
(a) The retina.
(b) The vitreous humor.
(c) The pupil.
(d) The iris.

4. Leonardo was the first person to correctly depict what aspect of the human body?
(a) The heel bone.
(b) The joints.
(c) The frontal sinus.
(d) The valves of the heart.

5. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?
(a) The University of Catania.
(b) The University of Bologna.
(c) The University of Pavia.
(d) The University of Sannio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than being a surname of Leonardo's, what does the phrase "da Vinci" indicate?

2. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?

3. Leonardo's Madonna of the Yardwinder is about the size of what?

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

5. Around the time Leonardo was working on his work entitled Salvator Mundi, he was doing optic studies that investigated how the eyes perform what action?

(see the answer key)

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