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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 the same year that Leonardo was born, Italy began a period of how many peaceful years without war?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 90 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. What is the term for the technique that uses contrasts of light and shadow in order to achieve the appearance of three dimensions in a two-dimensional work?
(a) Staccato.
(b) Chiaroscuro.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Stippling.

3. 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 catfish.
(c) A pterodactyl.
(d) A whale.

4. What was the name of Leonardo's mother?
(a) Caterina.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Piera.

5. 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?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?

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

4. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?

5. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?

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