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

2. What was the function of the official known as a count palatine?
(a) To award custody of children to non-related legal guardians.
(b) To mediate local disputes between citizens.
(c) To assess a child's ability to enter a particular trade.
(d) To enact the legal process of legitimizing children.

3. What was the fate of Giacomo Andrea, the man who was a student of Vitruvius's works and was like a brother to Leonardo?
(a) He was drawn and quartered by French troops.
(b) He was killed in battle.
(c) He died of syphilis.
(d) He died of old age.

4. When Donato Bramante was hired by Ludovico Sforza to remodel the dining hall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, what painting was Leonardo hired to create on the dining hall's wall?
(a) The Annunciation.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) Salvator Mundi.

5. How was the model of Leonardo's horse monument destroyed in 1499?
(a) French archers used it for target practice.
(b) Heavy rains degraded its foundation.
(c) Vandals smashed it under cover of night.
(d) It burnt to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaacson writes that "No scientist before Leonardo had methodically shown how birds" (183) perform what action?

2. Lorenzo de' Medici, a great supporter of the arts in Florence, founded and funded Florence's first public what?

3. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?

4. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?

5. In what year did Leonardo and Francesco travel to Pavia to observe and translate the manuscript of Vitruvius?

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