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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 year did Johannes Gutenberg begin selling Bibles created on his newly-invented printing press?
(a) 1348.
(b) 1501.
(c) 1452.
(d) 1489.

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

3. In what year was Leonardo brought to Florence to live with his father?
(a) 1430.
(b) 1464.
(c) 1451.
(d) 1482.

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?
(a) Tricheco.
(b) Uccello.
(c) Anatra.
(d) Mosca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first version of Leonardo's painting Virgin of the Rocks was completed in what year?

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

3. While Leonardo often drew and painted full-body male nudes, by contrast, almost all of the women he painted were what?

4. What was Leonardo's favorite branch of mathematics?

5. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?

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