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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. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

2. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
(a) A vulture.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A crane.
(d) A starling.

3. What kind of organization was the Compagnia di San Luca that Leonardo joined in 1472?
(a) A religious organization.
(b) A painters' fraternity.
(c) A co-op.
(d) A guild.

4. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?
(a) Little Devil.
(b) Divine One.
(c) Lover of the Arts.
(d) Prankster.

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

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 accused of sodomy?

2. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?

3. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?

4. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?

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

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