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

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

3. How old was Leonardo when Salai came to live with him?
(a) 24.
(b) 50.
(c) 38.
(d) 21.

4. Leonardo believed that deep observation must be done in what manner?
(a) In a group.
(b) In steps.
(c) Improvisationally.
(d) Quickly.

5. What role did Leonardo inhabit upon his arrival to the court of Ludovico Sforza?
(a) A producer of pageants.
(b) A portraitist.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A fashion designer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo was known to buy birds from the marketplace and do what with them?

2. What was different about Leonardo's drawings of machines than those of his contemporaries?

3. Leonardo's first studies of flight were completed as a means to create which type of art?

4. 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?

5. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?

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