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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: The Nature of Man - Chapter 19: Personal Turmoil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fashions worn by the subject of Lady with an Ermine became fashionable in Milan in 1489 when Gian Galeazzo Sforza was married to whom?
(a) Isabella of Aragon.
(b) Lucrezia Borgia.
(c) The Duchess of Cypress.
(d) Catherine of Aragon.

2. 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.

3. What term did Leonardo eventually use to describe the object he hoped would result in human flight due to the device's flapping wings?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Uccello.
(c) Tricheco.
(d) Anatra.

4. In what year was a great deal of information found and published about the identity of Leonardo's mother?
(a) 1592.
(b) 1773.
(c) 2017.
(d) 1860.

5. What is the primary characteristic of Leonardo's angel in the painting Virgin of the Rocks that causes it to be much discussed by scholars?
(a) Asexuality.
(b) Androgyny.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonardo wrote that what type of light is best for a portrait?

2. The center of medical research in Milan during the Renaissance was what university?

3. What family controlled the republic in place in Florence at the time of Leonardo's arrival in the city?

4. Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was the product of his visit to the university in which Italian city?

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?

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