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

2. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Milan.
(d) Florence.

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

4. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
(a) Blocking.
(b) Sfumato.
(c) Sgraffito.
(d) Glazing.

5. 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) An eagle.
(d) A crane.

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

3. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

4. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?

5. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?

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