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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. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?
(a) Belgium.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Germany.
(d) Switzerland.

2. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1451.
(b) 1482.
(c) 1464.
(d) 1430.

3. 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 starling.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A crane.
(d) An eagle.

4. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?
(a) A catfish.
(b) A whale.
(c) A pterodactyl.
(d) An eagle.

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

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

3. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?

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. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?

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