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

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

3. What fraction of Florence's population was literate in 1472?
(a) One fifth.
(b) One half.
(c) One third.
(d) One quarter.

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

5. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Paul II.
(b) Pius II.
(c) Innocent VIII.
(d) Alexander VI.

Short Answer Questions

1. By age five, Leonardo lived primarily with whom?

2. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?

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

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

5. When Leonardo came upon a cave while hiking near Florence, what type of fossilized animal did he discover within the confines of the cave?

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