This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: I Can Also Paint and Chapter 1: Childhood - Chapter 6: Court Entertainer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?
(a) Hiding their nakedness with their hair.
(b) Turned away from the viewer.
(c) Clothed and shown from the waist up.
(d) Clothed and shown from the waist down.

2. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Pius II.
(b) Innocent VIII.
(c) Alexander VI.
(d) Paul II.

3. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?
(a) The Borgias.
(b) The Machiavellis.
(c) The Medicis.
(d) The Orsinis.

4. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?
(a) Eight years after.
(b) Two years after.
(c) One week after.
(d) Eight months after.

5. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.
(b) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(c) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.
(d) To mediate local disputes between citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Homosexuality was so common in Renaissance Florence that what word became slang in Germany for gay?

3. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?

4. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?

5. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?

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