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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Personal Life - Chapter 13: Math.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Walter Isaacson states that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man perfectly symbolizes the ideal of what?
(a) Science.
(b) Aesthetic beauty.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Individuality.

2. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?
(a) Leonardo's drawings did not use color.
(b) Leonardo drew all of the different pieces of the machine separately.
(c) Leonardo's drawings were done using charcoal.
(d) Leonardo's drawings were never shown to anyone.

3. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Museum.
(c) Art studio.
(d) Library.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. 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?

4. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?

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

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