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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 troops of which French king marched through Italy, putting a halt to Leonardo's creation of the horse monument, since his materials were needed to construct cannon?
(a) King Charles VIII.
(b) King Henry IV.
(c) King Francis I.
(d) King Henry II.

2. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?
(a) 1477.
(b) 1490.
(c) 1498.
(d) 1462.

3. Tempera paints were used by artists in Italy prior to the arrival of oil painting. Oil painting came to Italy from what country?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

4. How many years after Leonardo's birth was Galileo born?
(a) 50.
(b) 112.
(c) 6.
(d) 82.

5. What book written by Luca Pacioli included 60 illustrations by Leonardo, the only drawings Leonardo ever published in his lifetime?
(a) On Divine Proportion.
(b) On Geometry.
(c) On the Five Regular Solids.
(d) On Architectural Design.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?

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. 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?

4. How soon after Leonardo's birth did his father Piero marry Albiera, Leonardo's stepmother?

5. How old was Leonardo's father Piero when he had a baby with Leonardo's 16-year-old mother?

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