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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. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) The spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(c) Lady with an Ermine.
(d) A massive horse monument.

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

3. Throughout his life, Leonardo devised how many different formulas for squaring a circular shape?
(a) 212.
(b) 39.
(c) 64.
(d) 169.

4. Leonardo wrote that, "Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without" (175) what two items?
(a) A map and a spyglass.
(b) A rudder and a spyglass.
(c) A compass and a rudder.
(d) A compass and a map.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?

2. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?

3. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?

4. 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?

5. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?

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