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

2. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(b) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(c) Leonardo's cousin's.
(d) Leonardo's stepmother's.

3. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

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) An eagle.
(b) A whale.
(c) A catfish.
(d) A pterodactyl.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?

2. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

3. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?

4. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?

5. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?

(see the answer key)

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