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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. How old was Salai when he came to live with Leonardo?
(a) 21.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

2. 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 spire of the Milan Cathedral.
(b) Lady with an Ermine.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) A massive horse monument.

3. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?
(a) The Borgias.
(b) The Machiavellis.
(c) The Orsinis.
(d) The Medicis.

4. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
(a) 38.
(b) 21.
(c) 50.
(d) 24.

5. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?
(a) A crane.
(b) A vulture.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A starling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?

2. What item of clothing did Leonardo insist upon wearing, even though it was antithetical to the fashions of the time?

3. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?

4. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?

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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