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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. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?
(a) Clothed and shown from the waist down.
(b) Clothed and shown from the waist up.
(c) Turned away from the viewer.
(d) Hiding their nakedness with their hair.

2. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?
(a) The Livenza River.
(b) The Montone River.
(c) The Arno River.
(d) The Sillaro River.

3. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 140,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?
(a) Use them in experiments.
(b) Breed them.
(c) Set them free.
(d) Give them as gifts.

5. What is the term for the technique Leonardo invented that sought to blend shadows and lights so that no borders or lines were apparent?
(a) Blocking.
(b) Glazing.
(c) Sfumato.
(d) Sgraffito.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?

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

3. In the early 1490s, Leonardo undertook the task of learning what language?

4. Leonardo's most serious longtime companion held the nickname of Salai, which held what meaning?

5. Leonardo's work entitled Codex Madrid I is largely devoted to the design of what?

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