1. What position was held by legitimate first-born sons in Leonardo's family, stretching back at least five generations?
(a) Notary.
(b) Banker.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Tax collector.

2. The squaring of a circle was a concept first discovered and discussed by what great thinker?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

3. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?
(a) 36.
(b) 19.
(c) 29.
(d) 24.

4. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?
(a) An osprey.
(b) A kite.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A bluebird.

5. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?

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

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 accused of sodomy?

4. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

5. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?

(see the answer key)

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