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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. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Notary.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Banker.

2. 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.

3. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?
(a) 1495.
(b) 1475.
(c) 1465.
(d) 1485.

4. What is the term that describes how a body set in motion tends to keep moving in the same direction?
(a) Impetus.
(b) Heat.
(c) Friction.
(d) Caloric value.

5. The most basic anatomical knowledge for a painter is the study of what?
(a) Bones.
(b) Muscles.
(c) Tendons.
(d) Ligaments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leonardo's uncle Francesco leave to Leonardo in his will?

2. What painting was named by the Louvre in 2012 as Leonardo's ultimate masterpiece?

3. Leonardo's packing list for his journey to enter the service of Cesare Borgia did NOT include which of the following items?

4. Leonardo's work Madonna of the Yarnwinder was completed at the request of which courtier within the court of Louis XII?

5. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?

(see the answer key)

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