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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. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?
(a) 1460s.
(b) 1480s.
(c) 1500s.
(d) 1490s.

2. Which friend of Leonardo's developed the first widely-published system for double-entry bookkeeping?
(a) Salai.
(b) Corte Vecchia.
(c) Ludovico Sforza.
(d) Luca Pacioli.

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

4. What was the population of Florence when Leonardo moved there in 1464?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 100,000.

5. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?
(a) 2017.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1592.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of organization was the Compagnia di San Luca that Leonardo joined in 1472?

4. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?

5. What is the term for the technique that uses contrasts of light and shadow in order to achieve the appearance of three dimensions in a two-dimensional work?

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