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

2. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?
(a) Isabella of Aragon.
(b) The Duchess of Cypress.
(c) Lucrezia Borgia.
(d) Catherine of Aragon.

3. By age five, Leonardo lived primarily with whom?
(a) His birth mother and her husband.
(b) His grandfather Antonio and his wife.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father and stepmother.

4. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?
(a) The Arno River.
(b) The Livenza River.
(c) The Montone River.
(d) The Sillaro River.

5. Leonardo wrote that what type of light is best for a portrait?
(a) Bright.
(b) Marbled.
(c) Muted.
(d) Shadowed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?

2. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?

3. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?

4. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?

5. Who was the subject of the portrait entitled Lady with an Ermine?

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