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

2. Who was pope when Leonardo was born?
(a) Pius II.
(b) Innocent VIII.
(c) Paul II.
(d) Alexander VI.

3. How many godparents gave witness to Leonardo's birth?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. Whose death prompted Leonardo's father to bring him to Florence at twelve years old?
(a) Leonardo's maternal grandmother's.
(b) Leonardo's cousin's.
(c) Leonardo's half-brother's.
(d) Leonardo's stepmother's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of Florence in 1300 before the devastation caused by the Black Death?

2. At one point Leonardo "listed the many practical applications that could come from harnessing the power of" (192) what river?

3. On what day of the week was Leonardo born?

4. When Sigmund Freud wrote a short book psychoanalyzing Leonardo's memory of a bird hovering over his crib, Freud mistakenly analyzed the symbolism of what type of bird visiting Leonardo?

5. What height did Leonardo plan his horse monument to reach once completed?

(see the answer key)

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