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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. One reason Leonardo could not devise how to square a circle is that a mathematical process for squaring a circle cannot be done with just a compass and a ruler. Instead, it requires what type of number?
(a) Natural.
(b) Rational.
(c) Transcendental.
(d) Real.

2. Of what material was the horse monument to be made?
(a) Copper.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

3. In the late years of what decade did Leonardo begin to devise contraptions that would enable human flight?
(a) 1500s.
(b) 1480s.
(c) 1490s.
(d) 1460s.

4. In whose honor was the horse monument intended to be created, with a sculpture of his likeness to be placed upon the back of the horse?
(a) Duke Francesco.
(b) Ludovico Sforza.
(c) Pope Alexander VI.
(d) Cesare Borgia.

5. In what season of 1452 was Leonardo born?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The commission of what art piece led to Leonardo's official appointment in the court of Ludovico Sforza and its accompanying salary and accommodations?

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

3. Which European city had the greatest percentage of literate citizens in 1472?

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. 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?

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