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

2. In what year did Leonardo receive his first commission?
(a) 1452.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1478.
(d) 1460.

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

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

5. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?
(a) Lover of the Arts.
(b) Divine One.
(c) Little Devil.
(d) Prankster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After collaborating with Leonardo on a particular painting, Andrea del Verrocchio, Verocchio was reportedly so awed by Leonardo's technique that he never completed another painting on his own. What was the title of the painting on which the two collaborated?

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

4. Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering above his crib when he was an infant involved what type of bird?

5. Much of Leonardo's thinking regarding birds was gathered into a notebook now known as the Codex on the Flight of Birds. How many folios are present within that notebook?

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